The expert attributed the US response to the strike on a military base in Syria to the scale of the damage.

The US response to a strike on a military base in Hasakah province in Syria will depend on the significance of the attack and who carried it out. This opinion was shared by Sergey Balmasov, an expert at the Institute of the Middle East and the Russian Council on International Affairs, in an interview with Izvestia on June 23.

"Everything will depend on the nature of the damage and how the blow was inflicted. If it is symbolic, then perhaps the Americans will get off with symbolic statements or actions. But if it is serious, then we should expect a more serious reaction," Balmasov said.

According to him, Tehran needs to "loop around" the conflict and distance Washington as much as possible from the escalation in the Middle East.

"From a strategic point of view, Iran needs to refrain [from retaliatory actions] if they do not want willy-nilly [US President Donald] Trump was drawn into the conflict on the side of Israel," the expert concluded.

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Earlier in the day, the Mehr news agency, citing sources, reported that the US military base in Hasakah province in Syria had been attacked. Information about who attacked the military base is not provided. There have also been no official comments yet.