The U.S. raised the stakes significantly on Monday when a senior U.S. official said Washington has made a preliminary conclusion that Russian Federation knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week.
The official said a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment. Yet the USA has no proof of Moscow's involvement, said the official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly on intelligence matters and demanded anonymity.
Tillerson traveled to Italy as Washington seeks to rally world leaders behind a strategy to resolve the protracted civil war in Syria.
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Tillerson said that Russian Federation had failed to uphold commitments it made in 2013 to guarantee the Syrian regime got rid of chemical weapons. "This distinction doesn't much matter to the dead".
Tillerson is alluding to the recent chemical attack in Syria during a visit to a site of Nazi atrocities in Italy during World War II. The official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly on intelligence matters and demanded anonymity, didn't offer concrete proof and others in the Trump administration cautioned that no final determination of Russia's foreknowledge had been made.
"We have seen it all already", Putin said.
"We want to relieve the suffering of the Syrian people".
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Russian Federation, and Iran, must be involved in the peace process, and Japanese foreign ministry spokesman Masato Ohtaka said Russian Federation "can play a key role".
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Tory former foreign secretary Lord Hague, said the "sad truth" has dawned on President Trump that "Russia under Putin is not a reliable partner".
In the days since, there has been a temporary decrease in the number of airstrikes that USA and coalition jets have conducted, Thomas said, which reflects that the sorties have been more defensive.
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Schneck, the Dortmund press officer during Klopp's time at the club, said: "Jurgen Klopp is just as much affected as all of us". Players ducked for cover, wondering whether there would be more explosions. "The team and coaches were shocked".
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson set the tone for the meeting, describing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as "toxic" and saying it was "time for (Russian President) Vladimir Putin to face the truth about the tyrant he is propping up".
Trudeau was, however, non-committal when it came to the question of how to remove Assad from power, and whether Russian Federation should be punished for supporting him.
His visit comes after the USA bombed a Syrian airbase in retaliation for allegations the regime of Syrian president Bashar al Assad used chemical weapons on its own civilians - something Syria denies.
"Regime change is something that we think is going to happen because all of the parties are going to see that Assad is not the leader that needs to be taking place for Syria".
Tillerson is in Italy for a Group of 7 meeting that has been overshadowed by USA airstrikes in Syria.
"It is clear to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end", he said. It is our policy for a unified Syria that is governed by the people of Syria.
The Trump administration has dramatically reversed its position on Syria in the past week.
Tillerson plans to meet Monday with foreign ministers from the United Kingdom and France.
But Tillerson was more equivocal, saying that the priority was the defeat of ISIS.
The United States has sought to minimize expectations for the trip or the likelihood that the USA will leave with any Russian concessions on Syria. But Eric Trump still thinks the whole thing sounds "beautiful". He denounced Moscow's "failure" to uphold commitments it made in 2013 to ensure the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria, and said it had not made enough progress in peace talks to end the six-year civil war.
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