“Moscow took with serious concern the exchange of attacks between the military-political group Hezbollah and the US Armed Forces,” the statement reads on the website of the foreign ministry.

The Foreign Ministry called such actions unacceptable and called on the parties to the conflict to refrain from steps that could lead to escalation.

Earlier it became known that Syria condemns the attacks of the US Air Force on the base of the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Iraq, which, according to the militia, killed at least 19 people and injured 35 more.

On December 29, the Pentagon announced "targeted defensive strikes" at five weapons depots and Hezbollah command posts in Iraq and Syria.