US leaders have been warning for days that they would strike back at the militias and they made it clear that it wouldn’t be just one hit.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the Israeli strike and said that “without any doubt,the blood of these high-ranking martyrs will not be wasted”.
The warrants follow a criminal investigation into chemical attacks in the town of Douma that killed more than 1000 people.
Beijing has spent years building up goodwill in the region. A vacuum left by the US helped. Now the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel brings complicates things.
It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Syrian army in recent years. It said it would respond “with full force and decisiveness”.
The US Air Force said its drones were operating over Syria on a mission against the Islamic State when the encounter with Russian aircraft occurred.
The EU has imposed sanctions on several Syrians,including members of Assad’s family,blaming them for the production and trafficking of narcotics.
US Central Command said the raid was launched after intelligence uncovered a plan by IS to “kidnap officials abroad as leverage for[IS] initiatives”.
President Joe Biden has warned Iran that the United States would “act forcefully” to protect Americans as tensions rise between Washington and Tehran.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he authorised the “precision airstrikes” at the direction of President Joe Biden.
With elections in May,Erdogan has been kissing babies and asking for forgiveness,but criminal complaints and voters are pinning the scale of the disaster on him.