Syria says US-led missile air strikes violation of international law

Syria's allies, including Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah group, strongly condemned the attack

Syria said on Saturday that US-led missile strikes on military targets and research facilities have failed to achieve their goal, condemning them as a flagrant breach of international law.

Syrian air defences responded to the attack by the U.S., France and the U.K. and hit several incoming missiles, state-run Syrian media said. Three civilians were wounded, according to the official SANA news agency.

Naval and air forces from the three countries hit three primary targets, including a chemical weapons research facility outside Damascus and a weapons storage facility near Homs, General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of