Press TV - Russia and Syria have condemned US airstrikes targeting anti-Daesh forces, saying the "brazen" attacks violate the Arab country's sovereignty and show�Washington's claims of fighting terrorism are false.��

The US military launched the attack against a convoy of the Syrian military heading�towards the border near Jordan where Daesh terrorists are based.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov on Friday�described the attacks as �unacceptable,� which also claimed the lives of civilians.

Speaking in Geneva, Gatilov said the strikes violated�Syria�s sovereignty and would not help efforts to achieve a political solution to the ongoing crisis in the country.

A Syrian government�s military source said the US strike hit "one of our military points"�late Thursday, killing several people and causing material damage.

The source said�the attack�hampered efforts by the Syrian army and its allies to fight Daesh terrorists who have been wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria for years.

�This brazen attack by the so-called international coalition exposes the falseness of its claims about fighting terrorism,� the source said.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Syrian government forces secure a road for a military convoy in the desert area near the border with Jordan and Iraq, May 10, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
�The Syrian Arab Army is fighting terrorism on its territory, and no party has the right to determine the course of its operations,� the Syrian military source added.

Syrian state media provided no precise figures about the number of casualties, but the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said eight people were killed in the attack.

The US said the attack targeted �pro-regime forces... that posed a threat to US and partner forces� in the nearby Tanf base where American troops train what they call "moderate" militants.

Yehya al-Aridi, a spokesman for the foreign-backed opposition High Negotiations Committee holding talks with a Syrian government delegation in Geneva, welcomed�the US strike as a �robust action� against Damascus.

The development comes only a few days after US�jets killed nearly two dozen civilians in an attack on an area in Syria�s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq.

In September last year, US airstrikes on Syrian army positions near the Dayr al-Zawr military airport also killed over 80 soldiers.

The latest strikes are the first against government forces since the United States launched cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base in April in the face of army advances against foreign-backed terrorists.