WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence on Tuesday said the United States should attack Syrian government targets if Russia continues to support its campaign to retake Aleppo. Washington came close to launching strikes against Syrian regime targets in 2013 after evidence emerged the government had attacked civilians with sarin gas. Both Pence and Kaine criticized Russia’s support for the Syrian regime during their debate as well as Moscow’s confrontation with Western countries, but clashed over earlier statements by both Trump and Pence praising Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader,” Trump said of Putin last month. Pence denied the accusations as “absolutely inaccurate,” blaming Russian military offensives on Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.

Source: New Strait Times October 05, 2016 03:54 UTC