The Blaze News reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responded to the limited airstrikes from a coalition led by US forces in a meeting with Russian officials Saturday.
Russian officials said that Assad was in high spirits during the meeting.
“President Assad was in absolutely positive spirits. He is in a good mood,” said Russian governor Natalya Komarova according to the Interfax news agency.
During the meeting Assad praised his backers Russia's missiles made in 1970's and signaled their ability to beat the new US missiles, according to the report.
“Yesterday we saw the American aggression, and we were able to counter it with Soviet missiles manufactured in the 1970s,” said Assad, according to Dmitry Sablin, another Russian lawmaker.
“The American movies have shown since the 1990's that Russian-made weapons are ‘backward.’ However, today we can see who is really lagging behind,” Sablin said Assad told the Russians at their meeting.
The Kremlin has claimed that Russian defense systems were able to shoot down 71 of 103 missiles delivered by the U.S. coalition, but the Pentagon has denied the report.