US Prez Trump warns Russia of ‘missile attacks’ in retaliation to chemical attack on Syrian town of Douma

NewsBharati    12-Apr-2018
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Washington, April 12: The United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russia and Syria for using chemical weapons on the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma. Notably, the chemical attack took place few days before in the last rebel-held Syrian town of Douma in which at least 70 innocent civilians.

 

President Donald Trump has warned both Russia to get ready for the missiles to be fired into Syria, in response to chemical attack over the weekend. President Trump in a tweet said, “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”


The tweet from US president Trump comes a day after United Nations Security Council rejected a Russian-drafted resolution on investigating chemical weapons use in Syria. At least 70 innocent civilians were killed and a dozen others were injured in the suspected chemical attack on the last rebel-held Syrian town of Douma. However, Syrian forces said that they are not involved in any gas attacks.

A day after the attack, the United States President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and vowed a strong, joint response to the horrific attack.

The US believes that Syrian President Basha Al-Assad is behind a suspected attack in the city of Douma on April 7 that left at least 40 people dead. On Monday, Trump condemned the “heinous attack on innocent Syrians,” warning he would hold the responsible parties accountable. “You don’t see things like that you just don’t see those images,” he said. “This is about humanity.”


BACKGROUND:

Earlier, in the month the Syrian government reclaimed Eastern Ghouta province which was held by Islamist-dominated fighters after a relentless six-week airstrike with rockets, barrel bombs. During the six-week of an offensive, at least 1,644 civilians, including 344 children, have been killed while hundreds of others were injured.

Despite the ban, chemical attacks are regularly used in Syria. The United States has already blacklisted 18 senior Syrian officials who were connected to the country’s weapon of mass destruction program and also identified five Syrian military branches as part of the Government of Syria was using chemical weapon attacks against civilians.