Putin: Further Western strikes on Syria will lead to chaos

President al-Assad could be seen on state television exuding a casual air of normality.

Diplomats said negotiations on the draft resolution would begin on Monday and it was not immediately clear when the United States, France and Britain wanted to put it to a vote.

Russia, which is helping Assad fight militants and rebels opposed to his rule, immediately condemned the strikes and called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

Earlier on Saturday, the U.S., in cooperation with Britain and France, attacked Syrian military facilities reportedly related to Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities.

As of Saturday, it was unclear whether another chlorine attack would be enough to trigger more U.S strikes, or whether the death toll would need to be high enough or whether – as was the case on 7 April – sarin use would also need to be a possibility.

Sunday morning, the president was back on Twitter defending the tweet.

The U.S. said 76 of its missiles hit a research-and-development center.

American officials and their European allies were careful to characterise the attack as a one-off strike created to deter Mr Assad from using chemical weapons again.

As of Saturday, neither Syria nor its Russian or Iranian allies retaliated, Pentagon officials said. In response to the attack, the U.S.

He said: “So far, thank heavens, the Assad regime has not been so foolish to launch another chemical weapons attack”, adding that Britain and its allies “would study what the options were” in the event of another attack.

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said the us military had kept its strikes limited because it knew a wider attack would spark retaliation from Damascus and its allies and inflame the region. In fact, he was never in favor of the attack. “We have to be very conscious of the fact that we can not allow even the smallest use of chemical weapons“.

A total of 76 missiles were launched on the Barzah site, according to Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Department of Defense Joint Staff Director.

Western diplomats have said they were ready to allow time for negotiations to make every effort to bring Russian Federation aboard.

Syrians are adamant that this was not a place to develop chemical weapons but rather a place of learning – a research institution where they developed things like pharmaceuticals. “It does not exist anymore”.

The missile strikes on Syria carried out by the US, Great Britain and France was a political step not aimed at raising tensions, Chinese experts told the Global Times daily. “I believe that we took the heart of it out with the attacks that we accomplished last night”, he said.

The Government said the United Kingdom is allowed under worldwide law “on an exceptional basis” to take measures to end “overwhelming humanitarian suffering” if certain conditions have been met. Before they go home, though, their mission has to be fulfilled.

Russia strongly condemns the attack on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

The strikes have ratcheted up global tension, as the USA and Russian Federation exchanged threats of retaliation.