Haley stopped short of calling for regime change in Syria, but said President Donald Trump and the administration is deeply skeptical a peaceful solution is possible with Bashar al-Assad in power. Russian Federation had failed to meet its obligations in 2013 under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions to remove chemical weapons from Syria, he said, and needed to choose between aligning itself with countries such as the US or with Assad and his other backers including Iran and militant group Hezbollah. "If Russia wants to be absolved of responsibility for future attacks, Vladimir Putin needs to enforce commitments, to dismantle Assad's chemical weapons arsenal for good, and to get fully engaged with the United Nations peacekeeping progress", Fallon told The Sunday Times.
It is "time for Vladimir Putin to face the truth about the tyrant he is propping up", Johnson said.
On Sunday, Russia's Foreign Ministry criticised a decision by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to cancel a visit to Moscow later this month, saying it showed a lack of understanding of events in Syria.
Earlier in the day, G7 foreign ministers earlier rejected British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's calls to broaden sanctions against Russian Federation and Syria.
A State Department official told CNN that Tillerson called Lavrov on Saturday to discuss his upcoming visit to Moscow but would not provide further details about the conversation.
The UN Security Council is to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution by the US, UK and France requiring the Syrian government to co-operate with an investigation into the chemical attack.
According to Gabriel, the German authorities "have information provided by partners and sources on the ground, which looks very convincing" regarding the Assad government's responsibility for the alleged chemical attack in Idlib.
"What we have seen at the United Nations is a huge sigh of relief", Haley said. Syria's governmental SANA news agency said six people died, but later reported the deaths of nine civilians.
"No one has inflicted as much suffering on people as the Assad regime", Gabriel said.
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May, who is on a walking holiday in Wales, spoke on the phone to the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, on Sunday, her spokesman said, and both backed the United States missile strike.
The US missile strike marked the first time Washington has intervened directly against the Assad regime, which is fighting a civil war with the backing of Russian Federation and Iran.
How Assad's rule ends and the transition to a more democratic form of government are important to the "stability" of Syria, Tillerson said.
In Florida with the president, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said additional economic sanctions on Syria were being prepared.
The warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat airbase, which the Pentagon says was involved in a chemical weapons attack this week.
The new administration has demonstrated that it is willing to stand up to Russian Federation, as it put the blame for the attack as much on Russian Federation as it did on the Syrian regime. "Yes, we need more evidence to impose sanctions but we are confident".
"If this intervention is limited only to an air base, if it does not continue and if we don't remove the regime from heading Syria, then this would remain a cosmetic intervention", he said. The drone returned late in the day as citizens were going to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Russian Federation said last week the draft resolution was unacceptable and unwarranted.
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