"We have information that a similar provocation is being prepared.in other parts of Syria including in the southern Damascus suburbs where they are planning to again plant some substance and accuse the Syrian authorities of using (chemical weapons)".
The G-7 wants to deliver a united message to Russian Federation through U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who heads to Moscow after Tuesday's meeting.
Johnson put a positive spin on the outcome, saying there could still be sanctions on Russian military officers if an independent investigation into the chemical attack identifies perpetrators.
"And those countries must also be part of the solution as we hold the Assad regime to account and as we move tangibly forward as an worldwide community to ending this conflict in Syria".
Thomas said there has been no Syrian retaliation for the cruise missile attack, which he said destroyed or rendered inoperable more than 20 Syria air force planes.
On Monday, the tension was only mounting. Assad will have no option but to draw even closer to his major supporters, Russian Federation and Iran.
Before setting off for Moscow, Tillerson told a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Italy that Russian Federation should rethink its alliance in the light of the latest alleged chemical attack in Syria.
United States officials said the strike against the Shayrat airbase was meant to send a message to the regime, but new airstrikes on Saturday targeted Khan Sheikhoun, the same town hit by the chemical attack on Tuesday. Later, however, the administration was playing down the idea of barrel bombs as a red line. "Nothing has changed in our posture", a White House official said in a written statement.
That same day, the administration suggested Russian Federation broke an worldwide deal to gather Assad's chemical weapons.
Johnson on Monday called on Moscow to do "everything possible to bring about a political settlement in Syria and work with the rest of the worldwide community to ensure that the shocking events of the last week are never repeated". Then Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and it ended with US sanctions and very public recriminations.
That threat reportedly came Monday from a coalition of Assad military backers including Russian Federation and Iran.
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"The official said a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment", the AP reported.
The statement reportedly said: "America knows very well our ability and capabilities to respond well to them".
The United States has sought to minimize expectations for the trip or the likelihood that the US will leave with any Russian concessions on Syria. Trump's military calculation appears to have been that the Assad regime (and the wider world, especially North Korea) needed a clear reminder that the US does have red lines and will use force to deter transgressors. The problem ahead for the Trump administration is now to figure out what the politics of the Syrian problem should be.
But it is also important to realize that this first US military strike leaves wide open the question: What next?
Ohtaka, the Japanese foreign ministry spokesman, said Japan hoped the G-7 diplomats would take a firm stand against Pyongyang's "totally unacceptable" missile tests. "But make no mistake: he will act".
Damascus denies carrying out the chemical attack that provoked the U.S. response. And the irony wasn't lost on Trudeau.
"We want to relieve the suffering of the Syrian people", he said, and issued an ultimatum: "Russia can be a part of that future and play an important role".
"Russia has said all along that their intervention in Syria is really only to oppose terrorism, but it's blindingly clear. what they are doing is facilitating an Iranian beachhead into Syria and a sustained presence there, and making possible the survival of one of the worst regimes in modern human history", Sen.
Thomas said the USA intends to return to full offensive air operations against IS as soon as possible.
The attack marked a departure from the approach of Obama, who ran a large-scale air campaign in Syria against fighters from Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, but avoided direct entanglement in the parallel civil war to unseat Assad.
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