Kathianne
04-08-2017, 09:33 AM
It's not the US:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/middleeast/syria-strikes-russia-donald-trump/index.html
Syria strikes: Site of chemical attack hit againBy Euan McKirdy (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/euan-mckirdy), Jason Hanna and Barbara Starr (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/barbara-starr-profile), CNN
Updated 9:32 AM ET, Sat April 8, 2017
<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite>New airstrikes have targeted a town in northwest Syria that was hit by a deadly chemical attack earlier this week, activists said.
It wasn't immediately clear who conducted the strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, which hit on Friday and Saturday, though only Russian and Syrian regime aircraft have been bombing that area of rebel-held Idlib province.
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Key developments
The Syrian air force resumed flight operations at the base that the US had struck Friday.
Pentagon probes possible Russia involvement in chemical attack that prompted US strike.
US officials say about 20 planes were destroyed in Friday's attack on the Shayrat base.
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to UN says US 'prepared to do more' in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said US strike was an "act of aggression."
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia had failed to honor an agreement to to guarantee the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons. "Clearly, Russia has failed in its responsibility to deliver on that commitment from 2013, he said. "So either Russia has been complicit or Russia has been simply incompetent in its ability to deliver on its end of that agreement."
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Russia complicit?
US officials have said the Pentagon is looking for any evidence that the Russian government knew about or was complicit (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/world/syria-military-strikes-donald-trump-russia/)in Tuesday's chemical attack.
A US military official told CNN the Pentagon was examining specifically whether a Russian warplane had bombed a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun five hours after the initial chemical attack, with the aim of destroying evidence.
A US defense official said intelligence indicated that a Russian drone flew over the hospital that was treating victims of the chemical attack, prior to the site being bombed.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/middleeast/syria-strikes-russia-donald-trump/index.html
Syria strikes: Site of chemical attack hit againBy Euan McKirdy (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/euan-mckirdy), Jason Hanna and Barbara Starr (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/barbara-starr-profile), CNN
Updated 9:32 AM ET, Sat April 8, 2017
<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite>New airstrikes have targeted a town in northwest Syria that was hit by a deadly chemical attack earlier this week, activists said.
It wasn't immediately clear who conducted the strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, which hit on Friday and Saturday, though only Russian and Syrian regime aircraft have been bombing that area of rebel-held Idlib province.
...
Key developments
The Syrian air force resumed flight operations at the base that the US had struck Friday.
Pentagon probes possible Russia involvement in chemical attack that prompted US strike.
US officials say about 20 planes were destroyed in Friday's attack on the Shayrat base.
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to UN says US 'prepared to do more' in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said US strike was an "act of aggression."
...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia had failed to honor an agreement to to guarantee the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons. "Clearly, Russia has failed in its responsibility to deliver on that commitment from 2013, he said. "So either Russia has been complicit or Russia has been simply incompetent in its ability to deliver on its end of that agreement."
...
Russia complicit?
US officials have said the Pentagon is looking for any evidence that the Russian government knew about or was complicit (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/world/syria-military-strikes-donald-trump-russia/)in Tuesday's chemical attack.
A US military official told CNN the Pentagon was examining specifically whether a Russian warplane had bombed a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun five hours after the initial chemical attack, with the aim of destroying evidence.
A US defense official said intelligence indicated that a Russian drone flew over the hospital that was treating victims of the chemical attack, prior to the site being bombed.
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