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US-Russia tensions build as Moscow hits back at Trump's Twitter threat
US-Russia tensions build as Moscow hits back at Trump's Twitter threat
WHAT ?
Donald Trump Tweet=
missiles would be launched on Syria
A poison gas attack on a rebel-held suburb of Damascus ( Douma)
Westerners
accuse the regime of Bashar al- Assad, supported by Moscow.
USA
?
A US naval battlegroup
in place
The UN' World Health Organization has reported
patient with symptoms of chemical attack
FRANCE
?
would act if needed
LONDON
?
Theresa May
Douma attack--> “could not go unchallenged”
If pressure =coordinated military action.
RUSSIA ?
"The plan "
Moscow will
bring specialist of chemical weapon (OPCW)to the site of the reported attack
To prove the use of chemical was'nt their fault
Russian army = will send military police into Douma to safeguard the site.
Ally of Bashar al-Assad
Assured = Syria cleared all its arsenal of chemical weapons +
Would use air defence if its forces in Syria were threatened.
In anticipation
Senior Syrian government officials --> moved to safe houses in Damascus
Syrian planes flown to three Russian airbases
CONCLUSION
No real proofs
of the use of chemical weapons
Russia denies
Dangerous situation if trump acts
Incoming attack
could destroy evidences
IRAN
( Ally of Syria)
will help if needed.