“He calls on all parties concerned to show restraint and avoid escalation,” Dujarrik quotes TASS.

He also added that the secretary general is closely following the situation around the US strikes on Syria.

Earlier, the Syrian Foreign Ministry called the US attack in the Deir ez-Zor region "cowardly".

As stated in Damascus, the airstrike is contrary to international law and the UN Charter.

Prior to this, the Pentagon confirmed that on the night of February 26, it struck the pro-Iranian militia in Syria by order of US President Joe Biden.