Russia and Iran warn Trump against further action against Assad or they would retaliate

Russian and Iranian militaries have cautioned the United States President, Donald Trump that they would hit back with military action if he launched more attacks against Bashir al-Assad in Syria again.

This caution is as result of the airstrikes against Syria forces on Friday, April 7, 2017 in reprisal to the chemical attacks by Assad on his own people.

In an ominous threat, they said the US President had crossed a 'red line' with his surprise missile bombardment on Bashar al-Assad's forces. 'From now on we will respond with force to any breach of red lines and America knows our ability to respond well,' the military chiefs said in a joint statement with militant group Hezbollah.

The Russian Embassy in London suggested on Sunday night there could be 'real war' if Moscow is presented with an ultimatum over Syria. But UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said he intends to lead a push on Monday for Russia to face tough new sanctions unless it withdraws its support for Assad.

Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Moscow later this week for scheduled talks with Russia.

US officials said Russia, in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bears at least partial responsibility for Wednesday’s poison gas attack on villagers in Idlib province.

“I hope Russia is thinking carefully about its continued alliance with Bashar al-Assad, because every time one of these horrific attacks occurs, it draws Russia closer into some level of responsibility,” Tillerson said on ABC’s last week.

Although officials acknowledged that they have seen no evidence directly linking Russia to the attacks, the top national security adviser, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, said Russia should be pressed to answer what it knew ahead of the chemical attack since it has placed warplanes and air defense systems with associated troops in Syria since 2015.

“I think what we should do is ask Russia, how could it be, if you have advisers at that airfield, that you didn’t know that the Syrian air force was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons,” McMaster said on Fox News.

Despite the looming threat of war following the decision to launch airstrikes, Trump made his way on to his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday to relax. This will be his 16th visit to one of his own courses since he became president on January 20, 2017.

Source: Daily Mail

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UPDATE (Video): US strikes Syria Airbase with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles

*US launched Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria base.

*The strike came following suspected chemical attack in Idlib province and after Pentagon stated that Syria had violated its obligations under the chemical weapons agreement

*Not less than 86 people, including 27 children, were reportedly killed after the suspected poison gas attack on its citizens in town of Khan Sheikhoun area of Idlib province

In revenge for a chemical weapons attack that slew some civilians, the United States has pounce on the Syria government with almost five dozens of cruise missile strikes at a government-controlled airbase.

Al-Jazeera reported that the Pentagon noted that 59 Tomahawk missiles hit at Shayrat airfield in Homs province at about 3:45am on Friday morning, April, 7, 2017, from where it was believed that the Syrian jets that released the chemicals on a town control by the rebel, in Idlib province had taken off.

The Syrian state TV also described a US missile attack on a number of military targets, as an ‘act of aggression.’

An official said the strikes was launched from two warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeting the base's airstrips, control tower, hangars and ammunition areas.

It was the first direct military action the US has taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the six-year war.

Meanwhile, the Syria's opposition National Coalition has welcomed the US strike, said it will end an age of "impunity" and this should be just the start.

The US military said early signs were that the missiles had severely destroyed Syrian jets and support infrastructure and equipment at the airstrip.

It was gathered that not less than 86 persons, including 27 children, were murdered after a suspected poison gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, according to the report from a UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The attack drew general international condemnation and public uprising, provoking the United Nations to pledge it would probe it as a war crime incident.

The Syrian administration refuted the accusation and claimed unawareness in carrying out the raid. Russia, who is a main military ally of the Assad administration, has accused the opposition, saying a government bombed a building where rebels were manufacturing chemical weapons. However, the rebels deny this claim.

Speaking on the strike, Trump said: "There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council."

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"No child of God should ever suffer such horror"- Donald Trump gave reasons for attacking Syrian airfield

The United State President, Donald Trump has provided the reason why the United State had to attack the Syrian base.

In a statement given on Thursday night, April 6, 2017, following the US attack on the Syrian base in reprisal. Trump described the Syrian chemical attack in Idlib province which killed its own people which includes several men, women and children as an 'affront to humanity'.

Trump said the photos of the dead Syrian people touched him seriously and transformed his thinking about the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. He urged other nations to join him by saying, "all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types". 

Read his full statement after the cut.

"My fellow Americans, on Tues Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men women and children.

"It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack.

"No child of god should ever suffer such horror.
Tonight I ordered a targeted mil strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the UN security council.

"Years of previous attempts at changing Assad’s behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically.

"As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies.

"Tonight I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.

"We ask for God's wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. And we hope that as long as America stands for justice, that peace and harmony will in the end prevail.

"Goodnight and God bless America and the entire world.

"Thank you."

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Breaking: US launches missiles at Syrian base after President Assad's chemical weapons attack on his own people

The United States has just launched dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield in response to Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad's use of banned chemical weapons that killed at least 100 Syrian people, including women and children.

Two U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk missiles intended for a single target — Ash Sha'irat in Homs province in western Syria, which is the airfield from which the United States believes the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fired the banned weapons.

U.S. officials say people were not targeted and that aircraft and infrastructure at the site were hit, including the runway and gas fuel pumps.

According to US officials say the Ash Sha'irat was targeted because that was the site where the plane that carried the chemical weapons flew from.
The Russian military were warned of the attack in advance to avoid human casualty.

President Donald Trump said in remarks from Mar-a-Lago, his family compound in Palm Beach, Florida:

"Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children,"
"It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons," said Trump, who called on other countries to end the bloodshed in Syria.

Trump who is currently in Florida for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinpeng made a brief speech warning Assad to desist from his evil ways.

The attack was done to send a message to Syrian president to never use Chemical weapons again and that the US isn't playing around.

Via: CNN

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