<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Russia and China have slammed the United States for its recent air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The two countries accused Washington of raising the risk of regional escalation at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York late yesterday. Russia also asserted that the US decision to launch the attacks was linked to the upcoming presidential election.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">China also condemned the attacks. Beijing's ambassador Zhang Jun echoed the concern about escalating tensions.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The attacks followed a drone strike on a US base in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.</p>