CANBERRA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said on Monday his government supports the principle of national sovereignty but requires more details before taking a stance on the United States raid on Syria.

    "I've only just been made aware of the report and I have no idea of the details," Fitzgibbon said while making a visit to the Special Air Service Regiment in Perth in West Australia.

    U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq, killing eight people in what the Syrian government has labeled "serious aggression."

    "As a general matter of principle, we support the idea that people should respect the sovereignty of other nation states and of course we need to take a regional approach to all of the challenges in the Middle East, and that of course requires a lot more talk between nation states and their members," Australian Associated Press quoted the minister as saying.