TEHRAN- Iran's Ambassador to Damascus, Hossein Akbari, disavowed on Saturday allegations that Iranian bases or military advisors have been targeted in deadly strikes by the U.S. forces on a number of sites in Iraq and Syria.

On the contrary, he said that the U.S. attacks were launched to devastate the Syrian civil infrastructure amid the pro-Palestine actions undertaken by the resistance front.

Akbari went on to add that the Biden administration carried out a wave of attacks to compensate for the blows that Israel regime has received in its incursion into the Gaza Strip. 

“The U.S. has attacks positions in Iraq and Syria in a bid to fortify armed Takfiri terrorists based on the borders of Iraq and Syria,” he continued. 

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Friday that its forces had struck more than 85 targets “with numerous aircraft” during overnight raids on localities in Iraq and Syria.

The Syrian state media reported that the U.S. aggression targeted positions in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr and the city of al-Bukamal near the Iraqi border, falling short of providing details on the extent of damage and the exact number of casualties.

Sixteen people were killed, among them civilians, and 25 injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes on targets in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani’s office said.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned on Saturday the U.S. military attacks on Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, saying such attacks solely serve the interests of the Zionist regime.

“The continuation of such adventures is a threat to regional and global peace and security,” he added. 

Kanaani warned that such attacks with further “embroil the U.S. government in the region more than before and overshadow the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza.”

Calling the attacks a “strategic mistake” and a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria, as well as the international law and the UN Charter, the spokesman said that such attacks have no result other than the escalation of tension and instability in the region. 

The spokesman averred that the root cause of regional crisis lies in “the full support of the United States for four months of relentless and brutal attacks by the Zionist regime against the residents of Gaza and the West Bank, as well as military attacks on Yemen and violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.” 

Kanaani reiterated Tehran’s warning over the spillover of the conflict throughout the region, warning that “continuation of such adventures are a threat to regional and international peace and security.”

He added, “Iran reiterates the responsibility of the international community and the United Nations Security Council in preventing illegal and unilateral U.S. attacks in the region and the expansion of the scope of the crisis.”

He stressed, “Tehran has repeatedly stated that the root of the tension and crisis in the region is the occupation of the Israeli regime and the continuation of its military operations in Gaza and the genocide of the Palestinians with the unlimited support of the United States.”