Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the Pentagon had not given Moscow advance warning of the attack. officials have been deeply worried that the strikes could inadvertently kill Russian troops. missiles or planes that it saw as a threat. The predawn air assault Saturday raised concerns of a direct confrontation with Russia, which has an extensive network of ground-to-air missiles in Syria, as well as hundreds of troops and warplanes, and threatened to shoot down any U.S. “What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men women and children?” he said, accusing the two countries of “supporting, equipping and financing the criminal Assad regime.”
He called on Russia and Iran, which he said are the chief enablers of the Syrian government, to relinquish their support. Trump promised that the United States would not maintain an indefinite presence in the war-torn region, saying that “no amount of American blood or treasure” can bring stability to the Middle East. “Very careful scientific analysis was applied to … maximize the destruction of the stockpiled chemicals and to minimize any risks of contamination to the surrounding area,” the statement said. The British Defense Ministry said in a statement that four Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 warplanes took part in the attack and fired Storm Shadow missiles at a Syrian military base 15 miles west of Homs, near the Lebanon border. ”We’re very confident chlorine was used,” Mattis said. intelligence had confirmed use of chlorine gas.
had not confirmed yet that Syria had used sarin or other deadly nerve agents in last Saturday’s attack on a rebel-held town, but said U.S. “This time our allies and we have struck harder.” “Clearly the Assad regime did not get the message last year,” Mattis said. strike with 59 Tomahawk missiles on a single Syrian airfield in response to a nerve gas attack. That allowed a more ambitious attack, with a more aggressive target list, than last year’s U.S.
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