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Russia: Strikes Targeted Syria’s Chance for Peace

Russia: Strikes Targeted Syria’s Chance for Peace
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Russia warned against the repercussions of the missile strikes by the US and its allies on Syria, saying the tripartite military attacks targeted the terrorism-riddled country's chance for a peaceful future.

Russia: Strikes Targeted Syria’s Chance for Peace

Commenting on the strike, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova took to Facebook to condemn the act of aggression, saying, "The capital of a sovereign government, trying for years to survive under terrorist aggression, has been attacked."

"You have to be quite abnormal to attack Syria's capital just at the moment when it had a chance for a peaceful future."

For his part, Russia's Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov also warned of the consequences of such military actions.

He was the first Russian official to react after Washington, Britain and France launched coordinated missile attacks against Syria over the alleged attack in the town of Douma in the city's countryside in the early hours of Saturday.

"Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences," he tweeted on Saturday.

Following an invitation from Damascus, inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [OPCW] were expected to arrive in Syria over the weekend to investigate the reported attack.

The Syrian government surrendered its stockpiles of chemical weapons during a process monitored by the OPCW in 2014.

"A pre-designed scenario is being implemented," the Russian envoy said. Moscow had, time and again, warned in the lead-up to the US-led attacks that foreign-backed militants could stage chemical strikes in order to pin it on Damascus.

"The US - the possessor of the biggest arsenal of chemical weapons - has no moral right to blame other countries," he added.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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