“Syria and Iraq are sovereign countries. China opposes acts that violate the Charter of the United Nations and threaten the territorial sovereignty and security of other countries,” spokesman Wang Wenbin emphasized.

He also urged serious respect for international law, maintaining calm and restraint to avoid further escalation or even loss of control in the region.

The air strikes constituted a response by the White House to the drone attack on a United States military base in Jordan, which caused three deaths in the United States military force.

According to reports, US President Joe Biden approved plans for several days of airstrikes against targets in both Iraq and Syria.

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