UK’s Johnson cancels Moscow visit after Syria gas attack

On Friday, hours after the United States missile strike, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Western allegations were “bogus”.

She criticised Russian Federation for supporting Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad.

The immediate Syrian defiance highlighted the pinprick nature of the US reprisal, which the Trump administration – and plenty of lawmakers from both parties – cheered as a seemingly tough response to Syria’s repeated use of banned weapons to cow a rebellious populace.

Trump gives the green light for missile strikes.

As soon as the news of the chemical attack horrified the world on Tuesday, Russia denied Syria’s military was responsible.

This week, he said the chemical attack changed his view of the Syrian war and of Assad.

Defeating the Islamic State group remains the top focus, Tillerson said. Johnson, who condemned Moscow’s continued defense of Assad, said Tillerson will be able to give a “clear and coordinated message to the Russians”.

“The consequences of this for regional and worldwide stability could be extremely serious”, Russia’s deputy United Nations ambassador Vladimir Safronkov said.

Tillerson said the strike took out about 20 percent of the seventh wing of the Syrian air force and hit a fueling facility.

US ambassador to the United Nations and former SC governor Nikki Haley told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning that in the wake of the strike on Syria all options remain on the table should America need to act again. The crimes he has committed are against his own people. are so enormous.

“We do not have any information that suggests that Russian Federation was part of the military attack undertaken using the chemical weapons”, Tillerson said.

In the space of just one week, the Trump administration has gone from floating tolerance to Assad staying in power to striking the airbase. He said the most ideal process would be a political solution that leads to a transitional government.

“We hope that Russian Federation gets involved as well – that at least they stop defending [Bashar al-] Assad”, Erdoğan said.

The US Tomahawk missiles, fired from warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted an air base in retaliation for the attack that America believes Syrian government aircraft launched with the nerve agent sarin mixed with chlorine gas.

Administration officials are signaling that the missile strike was a one-time response to the gas attack that killed dozens of civilians, including children.

On Sunday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized a decision by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to cancel a visit to Moscow later this month, saying it showed a lack of understanding of events in Syria. Late Friday afternoon, Putin severed military communication ties with the U.S.