Top aides to President Donald Trump demurred on Sunday over where USA policy on Syria was headed after last week's retaliatory missile strike, leaving open questions about whether removing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from power was now one of Trump's goals.
The joint command center also said the presence of US troops in northern Syria where Washington has hundreds of special forces helping the multi-ethnic and religious Syrian Democratic Force, SDF, to oust the Islamic State group was "illegal" and that Washington had a longterm plan to occupy and divide the area. As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was making the Trump administration's first official trip this week to Russia, McMaster said Russia will have to decide whether it wanted to continue backing a "murderous regime".
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in an interview with ABC's This Week program aired on April 9 that in meetings next week in Moscow, he will call upon the Russian government to live up to a 2013 agreement that was meant to strip Syria of its chemical-weapons stockpiles.
At least 87 people, including children, are believed to have been killed in a suspected sarin nerve agent strike on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, agreed.
Iran has condemned both the alleged chemical attack and the United States missile strike on Syria, saying Washington's illegal action will embolden terrorist groups in the Middle East region. Earlier, U.S. military officials had said they were looking into whether Russian Federation participated, possibly by using a drone to help eliminate evidence afterward.
"The Russian soldiers on the base where this attack occurred, the Russians intentionally, in my view, left chemical weapons in the hand of Assad, their proxy", Graham continued.
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It appears that Russia and the US might be on the verge of war, this is because the use of the military force is a serious business, and the strikes could lead the US - Russia relationship down a nasty path.
The allegations of chemical arms use are still made against Syria even as the dismantling of the country's entire stockpile of chemical weapons as well as relevant production facilities was supervised by the United Nations. He will visit Moscow as planned and, following the G7 meeting, will be able to deliver that clear and coordinated message to the Russians.
At the same time, Tillerson carries to Moscow the weight of FBI and congressional investigations into Russia's interference in last year's presidential election.
Syria has denied using any chemical agents, and Russian Federation says the United States gave no evidence Syria has chemical weapons. Once that threat "has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria", he said.
Palestinian backers of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold a banner with the colors of the Palestinian and Syrian flags as they rally in the West Bank city of Nablus against US strikes. To the American people, the war never ends with Assad.
"There is no such thing as Assad yes, but ISIS no", Rubio said.
"In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad as the head of the Syrian government", she told Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
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