Russian Foreign Ministry reminds U.S. of inadmissibility to use force against Syria

MOSCOW. March 15 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned the United States against using force against Syria.

"I'd like to give a special warning to Washington and to remind it of the need for strict compliance with international legal norms and the inadmissibility of using force against sovereign Syria, a UN member country," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing on Thursday.

The United States has not ruled out strikes on positions of Syrian governmental forces.