America and her allies still have work to do in Syria

Rejection by the UN Security Council of the Russian draft resolution on Syria was predictable, as three permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – the United States, the United Kingdom and France – have the veto right and have all means to influence their allies, Head of the Center for Public and Media Relations at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies Igor Pshenichnikov told TASS.

On Saturday, Trump called British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss their joint action.

While the Pentagon says the Assad regime still has enough chemical-related facilities to attack its citizens with banned weapons, the American ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, warns that the us remains “locked and loaded“. I also support the extraordinary service and sacrifice of our courageous men and women who serve this nation in our armed forces.

With regards to chemical weapons, the president said his country “firmly condemns. the use of chemical weapons, as has happened in recent days in Syria“. The response was an attempt to weaken Assad’s capabilities, and make the prohibition of chemical weapons clear.

“The United States of America will not allow the Assad regime to continue using chemical weapons”, she said.

“This was a limited and targeted action to strike the capacity of building or diffusing chemical arms”.

All three allies fired 22 weapons at the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Storage Site just west of Homs, and the us military launched seven missiles at the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker, McKenzie said.

The Russian military also claimed Syria shot down the cruise missiles that were launched at a Syrian air base.

Iran, which has also backed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad since the conflict began in 2011, also warned of “regional consequences”. By contrast, in Barack Obama’s a year ago in office, more than 15,000 refugees were resettled, which is still a paltry number compared to the 6 million people displaced since the civil war there began and far below what other developed countries have committed to. The US military said it was human error and an honest mistake, as it was targeting what were believed to be ISIS positions. He thanked France and Britain via tweet, and then declared “Mission Accomplished“.

Mattis said Friday that the United States had not yet confirmed that the suspected Syrian chemical weapons attack included the use of sarin gas.

McCausland said it also “shows that the global community is not going to stand idly by and watch this particular, very important, worldwide legal norm about the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons to go without a response”.

Putin said the US actions in Syria made the humanitarian catastrophe worse and caused pain for civilians.

Russian Federation and its close ally Syria called the attack fabricated and said no evidence of chemical weapons use in Douma exists.

Trump has often spoken of his desire to build a stronger relationship with Russian Federation, but Moscow’s support for Assad poses another impediment to that.

“They’ve lost a lot of equipment, a lot of material, and it’s gonna have a significant effect on them, so I think the words cripple and degrade are good accurate words”, said General Frank McKenzie.

Earlier this month, he privately told advisers that the U.S. was getting “nothing” out of being involved in Syria and he made clear he wanted the 2,000 American troops now there combating IS militants out by the fall.