Tension Rises as the United States and Russia probably going head to head against each other in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar Assad.
on the other hand, Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has said that his country would respond to any US missiles fired at neighbouring Syria by shooting them down and targeting their launch sites.
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Alexander Zasypkin (Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon) Statement
Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has said that his country would respond to any US missiles fired at neighboring Syria by shooting them down and targeting their launch sites.
In an interview with Hezbollah-owned al-Manar TV on Tuesday, Zasypkin said that “if there is a US missile attack, we – in line with both Putin and Russia’s chief of staff’s remarks – will shoot down US rockets and even the sources that launched the missiles.”
After President Donald Trump’s tweets its seemed that the US has made its mind to attack Syria.
Russia chose not to act when the Syrian airbase was attacked with American missiles (2017 Shayrat missile strike) When Turkey shot down Russian fighter jet Russia didn’t take any military action against turkey
