Trump
warns Assad against ‘reckless' attack on Syria’s militant-held
Idlib
“President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province,” Trump tweeted on Monday afternoon. “The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy.”
RT,
3
September, 2018
US
President Donald Trump has warned Syrian leader Bashar Assad not to
attack Idlib province, one of the last terrorist hideouts in the
country, also advising Iran and Russia against taking part in the
“potential human tragedy.”
Expressing
concern that hundreds of thousands of lives might be at risk in the
Syrian Army’s looming operations to clear the Idlib province of
militants, Trump cautioned Damascus, as well as Moscow and Iran,
against “making a grave humanitarian mistake.”
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!
“President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province,” Trump tweeted on Monday afternoon. “The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy.”
Russia,
which has yet to comment on the latest statement from the US leader,
has been working for weeks to establish humanitarian corridors in
Idlib province. Shortly before Trump’s tweet, Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia, Turkey, and Iran are working to
separate armed opposition and terrorists in the area so that any
potential military operation spares civilian lives. At the same time,
Lavrov stressed that terrorists in Syria are still being supplied
with weapons and munitions.
For
the past couple of weeks, the Russian military has been warning that
militants are preparing to stage a fake chemical weapon attack in
Idlib in order to frame Damascus. Moscow has repeatedly raised
concerns that a false flag attack could serve as a pretext for the US
and its allies to carry out airstrikes on Syrian government targets,
which would further jeopardize the reconciliation process in the
country.
The
US earlier stated that it would “retaliate” to any chemical
attacks by the Syrian government, using more firepower than it did
back in April. Trump’s latest warning comes amid Russian military
exercises in the Mediterranean involving 25 ships and strategic
bombers, which the Kremlin hinted was linked to the situation in
Idlib. Earlier, the US Navy deployed guided missile destroyers USS
Ross and USS The Sullivans to the region. That battle group also
includes B-1B Lancer bombers that were redeployed to an air base in
Qatar.
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