Trump officials on April 7 signaled new sanctions would soon follow the missile attack earlier in the day, and that the Pentagon was even looking into whether Russian Federation had a role in the chemical-weapons attack that prompted Washington to launch 59 cruise missiles in its first-ever assault against Assad’s regime.
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A statement carried on the military media arm of Hezbollah condemned the American strike in much stronger language, saying it had “crossed red lines” and vowing to “reply with force” to any future aggression “in a variety of ways”.
The US is investigating if a drone attack on a Syrian hospital was orchestrated by Russian Federation to cover up evidence of the chemical attack.
The United States on Thursday fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from warships in the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airfield near Homs in central Syria.
Russian Federation is a close ally of President Bashar al Assad, and Mr Lavrov told Mr Tillerson that assertions the Syrian military used a chemical weapon in Idlib province on Tuesday do not correspond to reality.
Even as U.S. officials said its missile strikes on a Syrian airfield were a one-off retaliation to deter dictator Bashar al-Assad from further chemical attacks against civilians, Mr Trump sought to keep adversaries wondering about any possible upcoming moves.
“The world is clearly witnessing who is the peace-breaker and destroyer through this military attack of USA to Syria”, the statement said, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
English said the “horrific attacks” using chemical weapons were against all global law. Tillerson said on April 7. He said that for that “this oppressive Assad needs to go”. Here’s what we know and don’t know about chemical weapons in Syria.
The Syrian government has strongly denied responsibility and blamed the deaths on leaks from a rebel chemical arms store it says was hit by a Syrian air strike. “It’s – getting Assad out is not the only priority”.
Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the number two Republican in the US Senate, praised Mr Trump’s initial missile strike for sending a message to Mr Assad, Russia, Iran and North Korea that “there’s a new administration in charge”.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara sees the USA intervention in Syria as appropriate but not enough. The United States blamed Assad’s forces and threatened punitive strikes, but backed off at the last minute following a surprise agreement with Moscow to remove all of Syria’s previously undisclosed chemical weapons.
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Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, who is hosting the meeting, said Europe’s broad support for the cruise strikes had contributed to a “renewed harmony” between the United States and its partners ahead of the first meeting of G-7 foreign ministers since Trump took office in January.
