For instance, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has asked Trump to reverse course on his proposed ban on refugees coming to the United States from Syria asserting "we can not speak in one breath of protecting Syrian babies [from chemical attacks] and in the next close American doors to them".
Allied foreign ministers meet in Moscow over Syrian war and warn Washington following cruise missile strike on airbase. Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized that the participants agreed that unilateral actions by the USA were unacceptable.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said that Qatar agrees with Russian Federation that it is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation into the chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib.
The U.S. fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syria's al-Shayrat air base last week in response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria days earlier.
According to data of the Russian Defense Ministry, Syrian warplanes delivered an airstrike on April 4 that hit workshops where terrorists were producing munitions with chemical agents supplied to Iraq and used in Aleppo.
Lavrov on Friday expressed skepticism about a preliminary investigation conducted by the U.N.'s chemical-weapon watchdog.
The Assad regime did not hand over its entire chemical arsenal back in 2014, says Brig.
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Lavrov said Russia, Iran and Syria have demanded a "thorough, objective and unbiased investigation" under the auspices of the OPCW, insisting it must use "independent experts", including from Moscow.
"We will not let efforts taken for the political regulation in the Syrian Arab Republic be undermined", Lavrov stressed.
"Such attempts won't succeed", he said. Moallem said. He added that Russia, Iran and Syria have "common procedures against any aggression", but wouldn't offer any specifics.
Lavrov said the ministers also discussed possible joint steps to prevent escalation of the tension in Syria.
"Moscow has reached the high point of its influence in Syria".
Mr. Trump also called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a barbarian and a butcher for the use sarin gas on his own people.
Russian Federation has staunchly backed Assad's government throughout a civil war that has dragged into a seventh year.
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