The daughter of the American president, Ivanka Trump, denied information about her influence on his father's decision to strike a missile attack on the Syrian military base. During her visit to Germany, she called this information "a misinterpretation".

About the attack in Syria Ivanka Trump said that, "it's hard to see this and not be shocked to the core", ABC television channel quotes. The daughter of the US president admitted that she shared her opinion with her father, and it "coincided" with his point of view. The head of the White House decision to strike in Syria after a discussion with government officials.

According to her, "the head of state can not make decisions based only on emotions ... Consultations were received at all levels". At the same time, Ivanka Trump praised her father for decisiveness and expressed her pride in his actions, which showed that "the US will not turn a blind eye to the monstrous attacks of this kind with the use of chemical weapons".

As previously reported by the media, the reaction of the daughter of the American president to the news of a chemical attack in the Syrian Idlib influenced his father's decision to strike a missile strike in Syria. This was confirmed by the son of the US President Eric Trump - he said that Ivanka was "heartbroken and outraged by the brutality" of the attack.

On the night of April 7, two destroyers of the US Navy in the Mediterranean released 59 "Tomahawks" at the government airbase "Shayrat" in Homs province, in the west of Syria. As a result of the missile attack, there were victims and victims. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident American aggression. And after that, Moscow refused to comply with the terms of the memorandum on the prevention of incidents in the Arab Republic, concluded with Washington.

Prior to this, on April 4, the Syrian opposition announced 80 casualties and 200 wounded due to chemical weapons attack in Khan-Sheikhun city of Idlib province.

Culprit she called the government forces of the UAR, and they in response strongly rejected the accusations and laid the blame on the militants and their patrons.

The Syrian authorities claimed that they had never used chemical weapons against civilians and terrorists, and the entire chemical arsenal of the country had been taken out of the country under the control of the OPCW. Later, experts said that Syrian President Bashar Assad, to whom the international community had blamed the tragedy, was least interested in this incident.