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Russia Calls Syria Strikes 'Danger To World Peace' While U.S. Allies Praise Attack

The U.S., U.K. and France launched airstrikes against regime targets in Syria. Assad ally Russia condemned the attacks, saying they were a "brazen act of aggression." Turkey said it was "appropriate."
Syrians wave the national flag and portraits of President Bashar Assad as they gather at the Omayyad Square in Damascus on Saturday to condemn the U.S.-led airstrikes.

Russian officials condemned the U.S.-led airstrikes on three sites in Syria early Saturday, calling the attacks "treacherous and insane" and a "clear and present danger to world peace."

The U.S., U.K. and France carried out the strikes in the early morning hours on targets that U.S. officials said were linked to a Syrian government chemical weapons program. The strikes were a response to an alleged chemical

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