Washington's allies voiced support for the US action, the first time the United States has intervened directly in Syria's conflict. " "I think he's making a serious mistake".
But the Russians are denying that Assad had anything to do with the chemical attack. He emphasized that point on CBS' Face the Nation, noting that the administration is "hopeful ... we can navigate a political outcome in which the Syrian people, in fact, will determine Bashar al-Assad's fate and his legitimacy".
Amid rising tensions between Moscow and Washington, Johnson said Saturday the situation in war-torn Syria had "fundamentally" changed following a chemical weapons attack on civilians and the USA airstrikes targeting a military airfield.
Asked by reporters what the future holds for Turkish-Russian ties after Ankara welcomed USA missile strikes against a Syrian regime airbase last week - the opposite of Moscow's reaction - Mevlut Cavusoglu said, Turkey "does not have to take a side between Russia and the U.S".
But he said the United States expected Russian Federation to take a tougher stance by rethinking its alliance with Assad because "every time one of these horrific attacks occurs, it draws Russian Federation closer into some level of responsibility".
"And this is something to let Russian Federation know, 'You know what?"
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.
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He said that the First Lady has worked for long just to make the event a flawless one and in line with how they want to be. The children receive wooden eggs inscribed with signatures of the president and first lady.
And if we would want to appeal rationally to Russia, this is a great opportunity for the Russian leadership to reevaluate what they're doing.
"It agreed to be the guarantor of the elimination of the chemical weapons, and why Russia has not been able to achieve that is unclear to me", said Tillerson, who is to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 12.
President Trump last week ordered the missile strike on the Shayrat air base in Syria after a chemical weapons attack in Idlib allegedly carried out by Assad's regime.
Rouhani said the US strike would not affect Iran's Syria policy, while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would not withdraw in the face of similar aggressions. "At the time they reported that the Syrians had turned in all of their chemical weapons".
The Iranian president dismissed reports that Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack as "baseless", according to a statement on the presidency website. The chemical strike left scores of civilians dead - including children - and left many others wounded. They're saying by covering for Assad that they knew that it was there, or they were incompetent by having chemical weapons there in the first place.
If there's any evidence or credible accusations on Russian participation, "we'll follow up on that to the best of our ability".
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