A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the USA strike on a Syrian air base on Friday crossed "red lines" and it would respond to any new aggression and increase its support for its ally.
Syrian Deputy UN Ambassador Mounzer Mounzer denied the country's use of chemical weapons, stating at the UN special session that Syria "would never use such weapons in any of its operations against armed terrorist groups".
After the United States launched cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base alleged to have launched a deadly poison gas attack on Syrian civilians, Trump administration officials said they were prepared to take further actions if necessary.
"We need to move as quickly as possible towards peace and stability in (a) Syria that does not involve Bashar al-Assad".
Tillerson said defeating the Islamic State group remains the top focus.
A new CBS News poll - the first live-caller poll to test reactions to the strikes - shows 57 percent of Americans agree with the decision Trump made.
A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said any difference in nuance was inadvertent and unintentional, and declined to comment further.
Trudeau said last week that Canada fully supported the USA missile strikes on April 7.
Britain's Johnson cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow Monday, saying his priority was now "to continue contact with the USA and others" ahead of Tillerson's Russian trip.
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That is because installing solar, wind and other systems for generating renewable energy became cheaper previous year . The proportion of electricity coming from renewables excluding large hydro rose from 10.3 per cent to 11.3 per cent.
Given the fact that Syria is the site of a host of proxy wars in the Middle East, the bombing of Assad was more than just an attack on him - it was also a blow to his allies. The U.S. and various experts have dismissed the allegation.
With the repercussions continuing from last week's chemical weapons attack on civilians in Khan Sheikhun and a retaliatory U.S. strike on a Syrian government airbase, the Russian foreign ministry and embassy in London belittled Britain's role in the crisis.
"He is poisoning innocent people with weapons that were banned 100 years ago - and he is poisoning the reputation of Russian Federation".
On April 6, two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat airfield in western Homs province in Syria. However, on the other side of this are no good players in Syria.
After almost 60 cruise missiles from the U.S. rained down on an airfield in Syria, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can safely assume he's dealing with a much different president of the United States in 2017.
G7 foreign ministers were on Monday to send a "clear and coordinated message" to Russian Federation on Syria as Washington upped the pressure following a suspected chemical attack in the wartorn country.
Meanwhile, US national security adviser Lieutenant-General H R McMaster described the US' goals to defeat IS as well as ousting Mr Assad as somewhat "simultaneous". "Imagine if Donald Trump then took exception in ways they didn't anticipate and major wars ensued", Hicks said to the Times.
Haley on CNN questioned how can the Russians "with a straight face cover for Assad?"
But Tillerson said the United States would not let such crimes go unchallenged. Once that threat "has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria", he said.
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