Damascus denounced on Friday Washington's overnight strike on Iran-backed fighters in east Syria, calling it a "bad sign" from the new administration of US President Joe Biden, state media reported. Syria "strongly condemns the cowardly American aggression" on Deir Ezzor province, its foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official SANA news agency. "It is a bad sign regarding the policies of the new US administration which should adhere to international" norms. bur/lar/ho/dv