America launches missiles on Syria in an escalation of tension with Russia

America launches missiles on Syria in an escalation of tension with Russia


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The United States on Friday launched dozens of cruise missiles on the Syrian air base said the attack set off a deadly chemical weapons , including this week in an escalation of the US military role in Syria soon sparked tension with Russia.
Hours after the announcement by US President Donald Trump that he ordered the attack , a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said the strike severely damaged relations between Washington and Moscow. US officials said that two US warships fired 59 cruise missiles from the eastern Mediterranean on the air base controlled by President Bashar al- Assad 's forces in response to a poison gas attack in the opposition - controlled area on Tuesday.
The news agencies quoted to Dmitry Peskov , Putin 's spokesman as saying that the Russian president, is that the US move "aggression against sovereign" based on "fabricated pretext" and an attempt to divert the attention of the world for civilian deaths in the Iraq state. This is the heaviest US move directly so far in Syria has been going on six years of civil war in a move that puts Trump in the face of the biggest crisis of foreign policy since his inauguration on January 20, which increased the risk of a confrontation with Russia and Iran , the most important military Assad supporters.
US officials said they had notified the Russian forces ordered missile strikes before they happen , and they were careful to avoid injury to Russian soldiers at the base. They said that there were no strikes on parts of the base were Russian soldiers were present there. But they said the US administration did not seek to gain Moscow 's approval.
Trump said in announcing the attack from Mar yous Resort in Florida , where he was meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping "previous attempts over the years to change the behavior of Assad all failed miserably."
Trump ordered the attack a day after delivering his responsibility to the lion in the chemical attack , which took place this week , killing at least 70 people , including many children in the town of Khan Sheikhun. The Syrian government has denied responsibility for the attack. And launched missiles, a Tomahawk, from warships Porter and Ross around 0040 GMT , on Friday , and hit several targets , including the runway and stations for refueling in the air capillaries that says the US Department of Defense Base ( the Pentagon) , it was used to store chemical weapons.
A US defense official told Reuters that the attack was an attack "single" which means that it is expected to be one blow and that there are currently no plans to escalate.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the strike does not mean change in the broader US policy on Syria.
He told reporters , "This clearly demonstrates that the president is ready to take decisive action when required ... I will not try in any way to explain this as a change in our policy or our position in relation to the military to our activities in Syria now. Change in this situation did not happen."
The Syrian army said that six people were killed in the attack , which resulted in considerable material damage. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four Syrian soldiers at least , including a senior officer , were killed in the strikes that al - Qaeda destroyed almost completely.
The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic said that targeting America 's military airport capillaries with missile strikes "irresponsible act reckless."
A statement from the Syrian presidency "has done what America does not reflect only short - sighted and narrow - minded political and military reality and blindness, naive and sucked behind the fake propaganda campaign false." She continued , "America on the feet of this shameful act shows conclusive evidence that the succession of administrations of this system does not change the profound policy of targeting countries and subjecting peoples and try to dominate the world."
As I mentioned the Syrian presidency "if the American system is believed that this attack had been able to support its clients from gangs and terrorist organizations on the ground, the Syrian Arab Republic affirms that this aggression has increased Syria 's determination to hit the terrorists and these customers to continue being crushed." A spokesman for the US Department of Defense Captain Jeff Davis , "Preliminary indications are that this strike caused severe damage to or Syria and supporting infrastructure aircraft were destroyed, as well as equipment in the capillaries base , which reduces the Syrian government 's ability to use chemical weapons."
Syrian state television reported that the "American aggression" aimed at al - Qaeda , " a number of rockets" and quoted a military source as saying the strikes caused losses. Trump sought to portray the attack, which was happening while he was about to finish dinner with the Chinese president, as an attempt to deter Syria from the use of chemical weapons in the future.
He said later , "Bashar al - Assad launched a horrific chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians ... and ordered today directed to the Syrian air base with a military strike from which the chemical attack."
He added , "the US national security interest to prevent and ward off the spread and use of lethal chemical weapons."
It denounced Iran Balhjum.onqlt news agency ISNA for Bahram Ghasemi Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying "condemns Iran 's use of chemical weapons ... but at the same time believes that the exploitation of an excuse this to take unilateral moves dangerous and destructive is the violation of international law."
The different reactions of US lawmakers criticized some of Trump 's decision to use force without their consent.
Senator Tim Kaine , who was a candidate for the Democratic Party for the post of vice president in 2016 , "Congressional elections will work with the president but not seeking to obtain congressional approval is illegal."
A senior diplomat at the UN Security Council is expected to hold closed - door consultations of the Council on Friday on the American attack at the request of Bolivia , the elected member of the
Council.



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