Angry Russian, US Raid In Syria May Trigger World War III

Saturday, April 8, 2017 - 5:48 pm President Donald Trump confirms attack US Tomahawk missiles in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack in Idlib. (Photo / REUTERS)

MOSCOW - Russia responded to the attack Tomahawk cruise missiles the United States (US) against the Syrian air base with anger. The US attack on Friday could trigger World War (PD) III, especially the Russian army was also present at that attacked the United States.

A total of 59 Tomahawk missiles fired at two US warships, the USS Porter and the USS Ross, in the eastern Mediterranean over the command of President Donald Trump.

These attacks are in response to the US on a chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, killing 74 people, including 11 boys. The US accuses the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as the culprit, although denied. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters that the US government believes there are Russian troops around the air base Shayrat, Syria, which became the target of the attack yesterday.

According to him, the US has been in contact with Russia to warn Moscow of the impact of attacks. "The Russians have been informed prior to the attack through deconfliction established channels," Davis said in a statement, as quoted by IB Times, Saturday (04/08/2017).

"US military planners to take precautions to minimize the risk to personnel of Russia or Syria located at the airfield."

Shayrat base was attacked because it was believed the US as a source of chemical weapons attacks in Idlib. Prime Minister (PM) of Russia Dmitry Medvedev through his social media accounts calling the US action as a step towards a military clash with Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov bluntly condemned the US attack against allies of Moscow as an act of aggression. He stressed that there are no Russian troops were killed by a US attack.

"I hope that this provocation will not cause damage and can be repaired (for US-Russian relations)," he said. Moscow has responded to this by suspending US attack protection agreement warplanes both parties are operating in Syria.

This agreement is designed to prevent collisions of fighter jets both sides in Syria sky with an active way of communicating. President Vladmir Putin sent Russian warships armed cruise missiles to Syria's Kalibr warships approaching the US launches an attack.

By IB Times report, the suspension of this agreement is dangerous and could be the beginning of a disaster toward World War III, especially the relationship of two countries in the world's largest nuclear power is still cracked.

In addition, the countries in the world have begun to be a matter of their support for the US and Russia. The European Union, Saudi Arabia and the bay ally, Turkey, Israel to Japan sided with the US in an attack on Syria. Meanwhile, Russia supported Iran, Syria, Iraq, and a number of Latin American countries anti-US.