United States allies expressed support on Friday for Washington's missile strikes on Syria

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Well, it was the pictures of aftermath of a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.

The UN confirmed in 2013 that the Syrian government had turned over all its chemical weapons stockpiles and the claim of using chemical weapons should be investigated, Rouhani remarked. The missile strikes catapulted Washington into confrontation with Russian Federation, which has advisers on the ground aiding its close ally Assad.

"If he needs to do more, he will do more", Haley said of Trump on CNN's "State of the Union".

Gabbard said: "Why should we just blindly follow this escalation of a counterproductive regime-change war?"

Much of the worldwide community rallied behind Trump's decision to fire the cruise missiles in reaction to this week's chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of men, women and children in Syria. Ben Cardin of Maryland says the administration hasn't been clear on next steps and whether it would escalate a US response if Syrian President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) continues his assault on rebel forces with conventional weapons.

He slammed the United States attack on the Syrian airbase, saying that while the issue is not clear yet, the USA attacked the Syrian airbase and killed innocent people.

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The joint command centre also said the presence of U.S troops in northern Syria where Washington has hundreds of special forces helping the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to oust Islamic State was "illegal" and that Washington had a long-term plan to occupy the area. "This was something that needed to tell Assad, 'Enough is enough, '" she said.

Neutral countries should investigate whether a chemical weapon was used, and if used, its source should be found, Rouhani said. It said the woman killed had fled to the town from her hometown of Latameh in central Syria.

Tillerson is expected in Moscow this week for talks with Russian officials.

Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

"Terrorists must not be allowed to use such weapons to accuse others and pave the way for actions that are contrary to worldwide law", said Rouhani. A joint command center made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting al-Assad said the US strike on a Syrian air base crossed "red lines" and it would now respond to any new aggression and increase their level of support to their ally. He called the Assad government a main force against terrorism and said it deserved the presumption of innocence in the chemical weapons attack.

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