The Syrian war is heating up and the threats of US airstrikes are adding to tensions in northern Syria, where the Turkish Army is conducting its own operation. How can Ankara influence the situation and what are its plans for the future? We ask President Erdogan’s chief adviser, Ilnur Cevik.
In a "one-time shot," the strikes targeted a research center, a chemical weapons storage facility and a command post, US defense secretary says https://t.co/ynWYX1UDtBhttps://t.co/XXuw8CQHIL
Statement by the Ambassador Antonov on the strikes on #Syria: A pre-designed scenario is being implemented. Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris. pic.twitter.com/QEmWEffUzx
I’m no fan of this president. But this president — along with coalition allies— is doing for my Syrian friends what no one did before. What is right. Put our military might against a genocide. They are on the right side of history. https://t.co/24Sx8jgaCb
Statement by the President of Russia in connection with the missile strike against Syria https://t.co/W4Y1DhFYqq
— President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) 2018年4月14日
On April 14, the United States, supported by its allies, launched an airstrike against military and civilian targets in the Syrian Arab Republic. An act of aggression against a sovereign state that is on the frontline in the fight against terrorism was committed without a mandate from the UN Security Council and in violation of the UN Charter and norms and principles of international law.
Just as one year ago, when the Shayrat Airbase in Syria came under attack, the US used as a pretext a staged chemical attack against civilians, this time in Douma, a Damascus suburb. Having visited the site of the would-be chemical attack, Russian military experts did not find any traces of chlorine or any other toxic agent. Not a single local resident was able to confirm that a chemical attack had actually taken place.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons dispatched its experts to Syria in order to investigate all the circumstances. However, in a sign of cynical disdain, a group of Western countries decided to take military action without waiting for the results of the investigation.
Russia condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack against Syria, where Russian military personnel are assisting the legitimate government in its counterterrorism efforts.
Through its actions, the US makes the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria even worse and brings suffering to civilians. In fact, the US panders to the terrorists who have been tormenting the Syrian people for seven years, leading to a wave of refugees fleeing this country and the region.
The current escalation around Syria is destructive for the entire system of international relations. History will set things right, and Washington already bears the heavy responsibility for the bloody outrage in Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya.
Russia will convene an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the aggressive actions by the US and its allies.