US probes Russia's role into Syrian chemical attacks

The United States has begun investigations into a Russian angle to the chemical strikes in Syria. The US had fired 60 missiles at a Syrian airfield run by the Assad regime following the chemical attack.

The Pentagon is searching for evidence that the Russian regime knew about the attack or was complicit about the same. The chemical attack at Idib province killed nearly 80 persons and injured several more.

Kremlin has however denied the allegations. Russia has even warned that the missile attacks on Syria would have extremely serious consequences. "We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the US The consequences of this for regional and international stability could be extremely serious," Russia's deputy UN envoy, Vladimir Safronkov, told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the US was one step away from clashing with the Russian military.

The world was however divided in its reaction to the first major foreign policy decision taken by Donald Trump to fire missiles into Syria. Reports stated that Trump was moved by pictures of children suffering due to the chemical attack, following which he ordered the action. While Russia was critical of the attack by the US, the Western leaders backed the US saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had brought it upon himself.

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