“The American enemy persists in its criminality and kills the protectors of the nation and the honorable people of the country, not deterred from shedding innocent blood as long as the wages of murder are received from Saudi Arabia and the Emirates.”John Davison and Maha El Dahan, “Syria condemns ‘cowardly’ U.S. air strikes on Iran-backed militias,” Reuters, February 26, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-syria-strike-int-idUSKBN2AQ1KW.