Seven Syrian soldiers have been killed in US airstrikes on areas in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
One civilian was also killed in the airstrikes on a number of villages, towns and military sites on Tuesday morning, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
“The US occupation forces launched an aerial aggression by warplanes and drones, targeting a number of villages, towns and military sites in Dayr al-Zawr countryside,” SANA said, citing a military source.
It said the aerial aggression wounded 19 soldiers and 13 civilians and caused huge material damage to the public and private property.
The United States conducts airstrikes in Syria under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Damascus has written numerous letters addressed to the United Nations, calling on the world body to end the US attacks and its military presence in the Arab country.
The Syrian government has always said that Israel and its Western and regional allies have been supporting Takfiri terrorist groups to continue to wreak havoc nationwide since March 2011, when the country fell in the grip of foreign-backed militancy.
The US military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria. The Pentagon claims the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.
But Damascus says the deployment is meant to plunder the rich resources of Syria.
