It is unclear whether the new offensive will involve ground troops.
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“It was an unacceptable atrocity”, Dunford said of the deadly strike that killed around 20 civilians late Monday.
“The next few hours, days maximum are crucial for making it or breaking it”.
Before wrapping his speech Wednesday, Kerry called on the worldwide community to take a stand against Russia, Syria and any other nation that is helping to “sabotage” the delicate peace process.
United Nations aid convoys resumed on Thursday aid delivery to besieged areas in Syria after a 48-hour suspension to review security guarantees following a deadly attack on relief trucks and a warehouse near Aleppo, a United Nations spokesman said.
The proposal from Kerry signaled that he was not only reasserting his Syria diplomacy but also intensifying it, even in the face of widespread doubts of success.
He then outlined a series of USA complaints Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and its chief backer, Russia.
Within one minute of the strike, the USA tracked a Russian-made Su-24 directly over the region of the attack, US officials said.
Kerry demanded that all Russian and Syrian aircraft be grounded. Even that revelation failed to definitively implicate Russia because both the Russian and Syrian air forces fly the Su-24, although the USA officials said there were strong indications that the jet was flown by the Russian military.
A man runs with a stretcher at a damaged site after air strikes on the opposition-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria September 21, 2016. Instead, members rued the possibility of a darker phase in the conflict amid increased attacks on humanitarian workers. Are we supposed to sit at a table and have happy talk with a government that does these things? “Everybody sits there and says we want a united Syria, secular, respecting the rights of all people, in which the people of Syria can choose their leadership”.
The Syrian government has also denied that it carried out the attack.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, speaking as chairman of a special UN Security council debate, lashed out at the worldwide community for its failure in Syria – a position that reflects world opinion and would be supported by even his strongest political opponents here.
United Nations aid convoys starting rolling in Syria again yesterday, after a deadly attack on humanitarian trucks and a warehouse triggered a suspension in deliveries.
Moscow has strenuously denied responsibility in the strike and offered several differing explanations for what might have happened.
The two successive attacks were “not a coincidence”, UOSSM CEO Dr Zaydoun al Zoubi said. Then, a Russian ambassador said forces were targeting another area.
“The question now is whether there remains any real chance of moving forward, because it is clear that we can not continue on the same path any longer”, Mr Kerry said.
USA officials told the BBC on Tuesday that their information clearly indicated that it was an air strike, and that two Russian Su-24 ground attack aircraft were in the sky above the convoy at the precise moment it came under fire. His pleas crossed paths with another statement by Russia’s government, this time suggesting a US coalition Predator drone was operating nearby when the convoy attack occurred. As the medics deployed, planes circled around and struck the area again, Dr. Oubaida Al Moufti, vice president of the International Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations, said.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed only one side was trying to maintain the peace.
