Shvydkin:
Russia will retaliate immediately if its military units in Syria attacked
11 April، 2017
Moscow, SANA-
Deputy Chairman of Committee of the State Duma on Defense Yury Shvydkin stressed
that Russia will immediately retaliate if the Russian military units in Syria
are targeted.
Shvydkin told
Novosti Agency that there are Russian military facilities on the Syrian
territories, and in case the Russian military units are threatened, the US President
Donald Trump and his ilk must realize what this would lead to, indicating that
there will be real deeds not words.
He indicated
that the Syrian air defense is able to confront any threat by itself due to the
measures taken after the US aggression.
R.J/ Ghossoun
Original
post: sana.sy
Izvestia:
Syrian envoy views US attack on Shayrat as cover for IS offensive
Washington’s
recent Tomahawk cruise missile attack on the Shayrat Airfield in Syria's Homs
governorate is an act of "aggression against the sovereignty of the Syrian
state and a violation of international law," Syrian Ambassador to
Moscow Riad Haddad said in an interview with Izvestia. "This act
of aggression also demonstrates support for the leaders of terrorist groups,
such as the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra (both outlawed in Russia), the
Syrian affiliation of al-Qaida (banned in Russia)," the diplomat
said, adding that the recent strike has revealed "a tie-in between the
United States and the terrorists." "At the moment of the missile
strike, the terrorists conducted an attack, which means they were ready,
mustered forces, with a drawn up plan for an offensive, which once again
demonstrates that the US supports terrorism not only in Syria, but in Iraq as
well," he said.
When asked
about the reason for the missile attack, Riad Haddad said that the chemical
warfare excuse is a far-fetched pretext, and claims that the Syrian army
"has never used chemical weapons against its people." "The
Syrian Arab army is a people’s army intended to protect the sovereignty and
independence of the country," he said. "I think that the US-led coalition
strikes responded to the recent progress by the Syrian Arab army and the
successful joint operations with Russian military forces in Damascus and Hama.
Each time that the Syrian army achieves specific results, the US administration
searches for a pretext to intervene. This time around they’ve found a
far-fetched pretext based on an empty accusation that the Syrian army used
chemical weapons," the diplomat told Izvestia. "Syria and its army
are free of chemical weapons. Syria has jointed the Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), with the latter confirming that the Syrian Arab
Republic has fulfilled all its obligations to remove all chemical weapons from
the country," he added. Source tass.com
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