Iran, Russia’s main ally in the region in buttressing Mr. Assad, also condemned the American attack. He noted that Russia’s state-of-the-art air defense system, which had been deployed to Syria with great fanfare, was apparently not used against the American attack. Russia has repeatedly defended Syria against the accusation that Damascus has used chemical weapons. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Peskov asserted that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had declared Syria to be free of chemical weapons, although that is not quite true. strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances,” the group said in the statement.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2017 08:44 UTC