Syrian authorities never used chemical weapons and do not intend to do so. This was announced on Tuesday, June 27, by the Minister for National Reconciliation of Syria, Ali Haydar.
Washington's statements testify to the opening of the "diplomatic war" of the United States against Syria, Ali Haidar said in an interview with AP.
On the eve of the White House, the message spread that the forces of Bashar Assad are preparing a "next" attack using chemical weapons on civilians. And he warned: if this happens, Assad and his supporters will pay a "high price".
On what basis the US authorities allowed themselves such statements, it is completely incomprehensible, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. "We categorically disagree with the wording" another attack ". As you know, despite all the demands of the Russian side, an impartial international investigation of the previous tragedy using chemical agents was not carried out. Accordingly, we do not consider it possible to impose responsibility on the Syrian armed forces, "RIA Novosti quotes the words of Peskov. As for the direct threat to Assad, the Kremlin considers this unacceptable, he stressed..
Meanwhile, the United States considers itself absolutely entitled to decide how to behave on foreign soil, said Stanislav Tarasov, director of the Middle East-Caucasus Research Center of the International Institute of the Newest States. "According to Washington, the force in Syria should be used when opponents cross the" red lines "that the United States itself has established unilaterally in a number of areas of Syria and in violation of which they are ready to open fire. But other players in the region - Iran and Syrian government troops - do not recognize these lines. Such a rude policy of Washington creates conflict, "the expert explains in an interview with the" Free Press ". And stories with chemical weapons, in his opinion, are invented to justify American actions in the eyes of the international community. The expert is convinced: in the near future one should wait for a new provocation: as the saying goes, the gun is hung up, it means that it will shoot.
On the night of April 7, on the orders of President Donald Trump from two ships of the US Navy in the Mediterranean, 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at the Syrian airfield Shayrat. As the Americans later explained, planes were based there, which, on US suspicion, had previously dealt a chemical strike against Idlib, resulting in the death of dozens of people. The Syrian authorities rejected the accusation. The Russian side called for a thorough international investigation of the incident in Idlib and asked the US to share evidence of Damascus's guilt. None of this was done.