Syria's information minister, Omran al-Zoubi, said the Damascus government was "saddened" by the deaths.

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The Syrian cabinet held an emergency meeting on the attacks, after which Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi read a statement at a news conference.

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Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said the missile in Aleppo province was launched from inside Syria, but the launcher came from another country.

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Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi called it a "cowardly, terrorist act".

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Syria was a state of institutions, Omran al-Zoubi said, and the flight of some of its individuals would not affect the state, however prominent they were.

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After an emergency meeting of Syria's Cabinet on Sunday, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said on state television that the attack "opens the door wide open for all possibilities" but did not specify what those possibilities would be.

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