Russia:

Western Coalition Aimed to Give Terrorists Break by Striking Syria

Rasa - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the real aim of the recent missile launches by the US, the UK and France was to give terrorists a break.

News ID: 437271

Date: 19 April 2018 - 20:18

RNA - "We've found confirmations that the real aim of 'the three' was to give terrorists a break, restore their strength, prolong the bloodshed on the Syrian soil, thus impeding the process of the political settlement," the Ministry's Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated, Sputnik reported.

The Syrian forces have found containers with chlorine and smoke bombs, produced in Germany and the UK, according to the Spokeswoman.

"It's even hard to comment on this fact; it's so horrifying that it undermines faith in the humanism of particular countries. We're not talking about the entire countries, but about certain politicians and officials, who give such orders," Zakharova noted.

Last week, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom launched strikes on a number of targets in Syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in Douma.

The launches came the same day that the OPCW mission was set to start the probe into the alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, which the West had immediately blamed on Damascus.

The three countries fired over 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles, most of which were shot down by Syrian air defenses, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Saturday that the strikes had been carried out in violation of the norms and principles of international law.

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