Russia Threatens Retaliation Against US In Middle East If Syria Attacked Over Chemical Weapons Use
Russia Threatens Retaliation Against US In Middle East If Syria Attacked Over Chemical Weapons Use.
Russia Threatens Retaliation Against US In Middle East If Syria Attacked Over Chemical Weapons Use.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday the Syrian government may still be using chemical weapons against its own people following a suspected chlorine attack in a rebel enclave, and he said Russia bore ultimate responsibility. Rescue workers in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, near to Damascus,…
Image by Bertilvidet Russia denounced a U.S. warning to the Syrian leadership that it will pay a heavy price for any chemical weapons attack, and dismissed White House assertions that a strike was being prepared as “unacceptable”. The White House said on Monday the preparations in Syria were similar to…
Privately, Russian officials are furious with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected April 4 chemical weapons attack in Idlib province that killed over 80 people, Russia analysts said. They see it as threatening to sabotage the potential for US-Russia rapprochement ahead of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first…
Vladimir Putin Says US Preparing To Bomb Syrian Capital-Will Blame Devastation On Bashar-al Assad’s Forces.
The United States (US) has concluded Russia knew in advance of the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, senior official told The Associated Press (AP). The report comes as foreign minister from the G7 meet to pressure Russia to rethink it’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Last Thursday,…
Russia Says It Will Not Attempt To Shoot Down Further US Missiles.
To add further fire to Middle East tensions, it was reported today that the Pentagon is investigate whether or not Russia was involved in the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians in Syria. Associated Press reports there were sightings of a drone over the chemical weapons target area and again…
Russia To Reinforce Syrian Air Defences As Moscow Warns Of ‘Considerable Damage’ To Ties With US After Missile Strike.