The daughter of the President of the United States Ivanka trump had an impact on the decision of Donald trump to launch a missile attack on the airbase from government forces, Shirt, reports The Independent, citing informed sources in diplomatic circles in the UK.
The newspaper’s sources refer to the records of the British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch, which he sent to the Prime Minister of the British government, Theresa may and the British foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Darroch pointed to a tweet by Ivanka in which she said that “grief-stricken and enraged because of the pictures that were taken in Syria after the heinous chemical attack.” According to the notes of a diplomat, daughter trump had “a significant influence on the Oval office” and, therefore, the reaction of the President of the United States was “stronger than expected”.
USA launched a missile attack on the airbase of the Syrian government forces in HOMS province early on the morning of 7 April. The ships of naval forces of the United States released at the air base 59 cruise missiles “Tomahawk”. Trump said that this step meets the national interests of the United States and accused President Bashar Assad of violating the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons. According to him, this base was carried out a chemical attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria on 4 April.
Thus, according to the Pentagon, at the time of the strike on the airbase were the Russian military. Bump, as stated in Washington, was a response to a chemical attack on 4 April in Idlib province, where the US accuses the Syrian leadership. As reported by the provincial Governor of HOMS, Talal Barazi, as a result of rocket strikes killed seven people — five soldiers and two civilians of the village Shirt. According to the defense Ministry of Russia, the victims of the attack were four Syrian soldiers and two missing.
After the missile strike Ivanka trump announced his support for the decision of the President of the United States. “The times in which we live, require the taking of difficult decisions,” she wrote on Twitter and added that he was proud of his father ” for refusing to come to terms with these horrific crimes against humanity.”
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Chemical attack in Khan Sheyhun in Idlib province took place on 4 April. The specialists of the Turkish Ministry of health after opening the bodies of several killed in the attack said that people were killed by nerve chemical warfare agent sarin. Victims of chemical weapons began more than 80 people, among them dozens of women and children, more than 500 people were injured. Washington put all the responsibility on the government forces of Bashar al-Assad, Damascus denied his guilt.
The defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the objectives of the Syrian air strike in Idlib province in the city of Khan Sheyhun was a large warehouse of ammunition of terrorists, as well as the accumulation of military equipment. According to him, on the territory of the attacked stock “were workshops for the production of bombs, stuffed with poisonous substances.” “With the largest Arsenal of ammunition with chemical weapons delivered by fighters on the territory of Iraq,” he explained, noting that “their use by terrorists has been repeatedly proved both by international organizations and official authorities of this country.”
In the Kremlin to strike at the airbase Shirt called “act of aggression” against a sovereign state. The Russian foreign Ministry has condemned the US action, and demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation. The Department also reported that the Russian side is suspending the action concluded with the United States of the Memorandum on the prevention of incidents and ensuring the safety of aviation operations in Syria.