Missiles ‘ will be coming’ to Syria: Trump
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!’ Donald Trump,
Washington, April 11: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “missiles will be coming” in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria, defying Russian warnings against a strike.
Upping the stakes in an escalating confrontation with Moscow, Mr Trump took to Twitter in the strongest assertion yet that he plans to take military action in Syria.
“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!” Mr Trump wrote.
Damascus, which has long accused Washington of supporting “terrorists” oppo- sed to the regime, hit back at Mr Trump’s threats.
“We are not surprised by such a reckless escalation from a regime like the United States which has fostered and continues to foster terrorism in Syria,” state news agency SANA quoted an official source at the foreign ministry as saying.
Mr Trump and other Western leaders have vowed a quick and forceful response to Saturday’s alleged gas attack, which rescue workers say killed more than 40 people in the rebel- held Damascus suburb of Douma.
Efforts to find a diplomatic solution at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed, with Washingt- on and Moscow opposing each other’s rival motions to set up an international investigation into chemical weapons use.
Mr Trump in another tweet said US- Russian relations are “worse now” than ever, “and that includes the Cold War”.
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Istanbul, April 11: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday told Russia and the United States to end their “street fighting” over Syria, saying it was time to put aside a rivalry that risked harming civilians.
“It’s street fighting. They are fighting like street bullies. But who is paying the price? It’s civilians,” Yildirim said in a televised speech in Istanbul. “Now is not the time for rivalry. It’s the time to heal the wounds in the region and to come together,” he said.
His comments came after US President Donald Trump warned Russia over its support for Syrian leader Bashar al- Assad, saying US missiles “will be coming” in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack. Mr Yildirim said that in the current situation the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — including Russia and the US.