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(8 years ago)US President Donald Trump has launched air strikes together with British and French forces aimed at reducing the Syrian regime's chemical weapons facilities following last weekend's gas attack that occurred on the outskirts of Damascus of Douma. Moments after the end of the president's speech, reports came out [...]
US President Donald Trump has launched air strikes together with British and French forces aimed at reducing the Syrian regime's chemical weapons facilities following last weekend's gas attack that occurred on the outskirts of Damascus of Douma.
Moments following the conclusion of the president's speech, reports emerged from the explosions in Damascus. One thing the Pentagon later confirmed was that three locations were hit - two in Damascus and one in Homs.
All countries were seen as linked to conservation, or testing, of chemical weapons. Syria's air defences responded to the attacks, but the US said it had suffered no losses in the initial air strikes, writes The Guardian.
Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the US, said such actions would not remain without consequences and said Moscow was being threatened.
“The purpose of Russia's president is unacceptable and unacceptable,” he added.
The American president said the Douma attack a week ago represented a significant escalation in a model of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime.
He said the US is prepared to support this response until the Syrian regime bans the use of banned chemical agents.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said he authorised targeted attacks to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and prevent their use.
Taking a blow in Russia, May said Britain can't allow the use of chemical weapons to normalise within Syria, on the streets of the United Kingdom, or anywhere else in our world. We would've preferred an alternative route. But in this case there is no”.
The Ministry of Defence of Great Britain said four Tornado aircraft flew from Cyprus as part of the strikes in Homs.
US Defence Secretary James Mattis said the US, Great Britain and France had undertaken <x0 crucial action” against the Syrian weapons chemical infrastructure and did not exclude further attacks.
It is clear that the Assad regime did not receive the message”, he said, referring to the response to the Ghost chemical attack in 2017. He said Allies had spent a lot of time avoiding civilian and foreign casualties”.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime constituted a “immediate threat to the Syrian people and our collective security”.
