Photo: ReutersWashington/Moscow/New York: The Trump administration warned that it’s ready to take further military action if the regime of Bashar al-Assad wages another chemical attack, even as this week’s missile strike ratcheted up tensions with Russia. The US “is the most unpredictable state,” Zakharova said earlier on state TV, terming Trump’s missile strike “self-affirmation in the face of the most severe domestic political struggle.” Russia will press Tillerson on the strike when he visits, she said. It also sent a message to President Vladimir Putin that Trump’s often-expressed desire to improve US relations with Moscow has limits. The US is interested in whether the hospital strike was done to potentially hide evidence of the chemical attack. After the missile strike, lawmakers from both parties gave cautious support to Trump’s limited response.

Source: Mint April 08, 2017 17:03 UTC