WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that "missiles will be launched" in response to an alleged chemical atrocity in Syria, while Russia rushes to divert the blame for its ally Bashar al-Assad.
With the resumption of US military action UU Apparently imminent, and when Trump threatened that the missiles of the EE. UU They would be "beautiful, new and intelligent", both Washington and Moscow raised rhetorical bets.
Trump's war tweet apparently was in response to a warning from the Russian ambassador in Beirut, which led to a Hezbollah-led television network warning that any US missile would be shot down "like the sources from which they were fired."
If the action of the USA. UU Follow the pattern of an earlier punitive attack on Syria ordered by Trump last year, start with a salvo of cruise missiles launched from US warships in the Mediterranean.
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the Pentagon is ready to offer options for an attack in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack, but noted that the United States and its allies are still gathering information.
Meanwhile, Moscow said the eastern Ghouta district, previously controlled by the rebels, including Douma, the target of Saturday's alleged chemical attack, had been "fully stabilized" and would soon be patrolled by the Russian military police.
But the Russian army continued to deny that his side's latest victory came after Assad launched a chemical attack on the last pocket of the enclave held by the rebels, accusing instead the civil defense organization of the White Helmets of organizing the massacre.
But while his lieutenants kept up the ante with threats and accusations, Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted a more statesmanlike tone, speaking to the new ambassadors who present their credentials in the Kremlin.
"The state of the world can not help but cause concern," he said.
"The situation in the world is becoming increasingly chaotic, but anyway we hope that common sense finally prevails and international relations take a constructive path."
Trump's tweets were more belligerent: he told Russia: "You should not be partners with an animal that kills gases that kills its people and enjoys it!" - and admitted that US relations UU With Russia they have plummeted to a historical low.
But, in particular, he also said there was "no reason for this", reiterated his hope that talks with Putin to stop a new arms race, and blamed his national political opponents for links of poisoning.
The Assad regime in Damascus, which for a long time accused Washington of supporting its armed opponents in the bloody seven-year civil war in the country, responded.
"We are not surprised by such a reckless escalation of a regime like the United States, which has encouraged and continues to foment terrorism in Syria," said a Foreign Ministry official, according to the state news agency SANA.
Air traffic alert
Trump and other Western leaders have promised a quick and forceful response to Saturday's gas attack, which rescue workers say killed more than 40 people in the Damascus suburb of Douma.
Efforts at the UN Security Council to find a diplomatic solution failed on Tuesday, when Washington and Moscow oppose the other rival's motions to establish an international investigation into the use of chemical weapons.
The United States, Britain and France have argued that the incident has all the hallmarks of a strike ordered by the regime, which has been blamed for previous attacks by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Both Trump and his Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, abruptly canceled travel plans on Tuesday, when the USS Donald Cook, a guided missile destroyer, moved within Syria's reach.
The Eurocontrol air traffic control agency has also launched an alert from the European Aviation Safety Agency to flight operators in the nearby airspace of "the possible launching of air strikes on Syria with air-to-ground and / or cruise missiles. within the next 72 hours. "
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been coordinating closely with Washington, said he would decide an answer "in the coming days."
"Our decision is not aimed at regime allies or attacking anyone, but will attack the regime's chemical capabilities," he said, insisting that "he did not want an escalation."
While seeking to avoid the threat of Western attacks, Syria said that
With the resumption of US military action UU Apparently imminent, and when Trump threatened that the missiles of the EE. UU They would be "beautiful, new and intelligent", both Washington and Moscow raised rhetorical bets.Trump's war tweet apparently was in response to a warning from the Russian ambassador in Beirut, which led to a Hezbollah-led television network warning that any US missile would be shot down "like the sources from which they were fired."
If the action of the USA. UU Follow the pattern of an earlier punitive attack on Syria ordered by Trump last year, start with a salvo of cruise missiles launched from US warships in the Mediterranean.
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the Pentagon is ready to offer options for an attack in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack, but noted that the United States and its allies are still gathering information.
Meanwhile, Moscow said the eastern Ghouta district, previously controlled by the rebels, including Douma, the target of Saturday's alleged chemical attack, had been "fully stabilized" and would soon be patrolled by the Russian military police.
But the Russian army continued to deny that his side's latest victory came after Assad launched a chemical attack on the last pocket of the enclave held by the rebels, accusing instead the civil defense organization of the White Helmets of organizing the massacre.
But while his lieutenants kept up the ante with threats and accusations, Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted a more statesmanlike tone, speaking to the new ambassadors who present their credentials in the Kremlin.
"The state of the world can not help but cause concern," he said.
"The situation in the world is becoming increasingly chaotic, but anyway we hope that common sense finally prevails and international relations take a constructive path."
Trump's tweets were more belligerent: he told Russia: "You should not be partners with an animal that kills gases that kills its people and enjoys it!" - and admitted that US relations UU With Russia they have plummeted to a historical low.
But, in particular, he also said there was "no reason for this", reiterated his hope that talks with Putin to stop a new arms race, and blamed his national political opponents for links of poisoning.
The Assad regime in Damascus, which for a long time accused Washington of supporting its armed opponents in the bloody seven-year civil war in the country, responded.
"We are not surprised by such a reckless escalation of a regime like the United States, which has encouraged and continues to foment terrorism in Syria," said a Foreign Ministry official, according to the state news agency SANA.
Air traffic alert
Trump and other Western leaders have promised a quick and forceful response to Saturday's gas attack, which rescue workers say killed more than 40 people in the Damascus suburb of Douma.
Efforts at the UN Security Council to find a diplomatic solution failed on Tuesday, when Washington and Moscow oppose the other rival's motions to establish an international investigation into the use of chemical weapons.
The United States, Britain and France have argued that the incident has all the hallmarks of a strike ordered by the regime, which has been blamed for previous attacks by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Both Trump and his Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, abruptly canceled travel plans on Tuesday, when the USS Donald Cook, a guided missile destroyer, moved within Syria's reach.
The Eurocontrol air traffic control agency has also launched an alert from the European Aviation Safety Agency to flight operators in the nearby airspace of "the possible launching of air strikes on Syria with air-to-ground and / or cruise missiles. within the next 72 hours. "
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been coordinating closely with Washington, said he would decide an answer "in the coming days."
"Our decision is not aimed at regime allies or attacking anyone, but will attack the regime's chemical capabilities," he said, insisting that "he did not want an escalation."
While seeking to avoid the threat of Western attacks, Syria said that
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