Top Russian officials have threatened to retaliate with force if President Donald Trump orders an attack that could endanger the lives of its soldiers stationed there in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s campaign against rebels and jihadis near Damascus.<\/p>\n
Army General Valery Gerasimov warned on Tuesday that the U.S. was preparing to launch raids against Moscow’s ally, the Syrian government, as it attempted to clear bastion of jihadis and rebels\u2014some of which were once backed by the West\u2014in the suburbs of the capital city of Damascus.<\/p>\n
The leading military official claimed that the U.S. would strike under the false pretense of a chemical weapon attack\u2014a tactic that Russia has denied the Syrian military utilizes\u2014and vowed to fight back.<\/p>\n
“In the event of a threat to our military servicemen\u2019s lives, Russia\u2019s Armed Forces will take retaliatory measures to target both the missiles and their delivery vehicles,” Gerasimov said, according to the state-run Tass Russian News Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Top Russian officials have threatened to retaliate with force if President Donald Trump orders an attack that could endanger the lives of its soldiers stationed there in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s campaign against rebels and jihadis near Damascus. Army General Valery Gerasimov warned on Tuesday that the U.S. was preparing to launch raids […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[322],"yoast_head":"\n