Kremlin Says Syria Has Every Right However
By L. Todd Wood, Tsarizm:
The head of the Russian Federation Council’s Defense and Security Committee says Russian armed forces based in Syria will not attempt to intercept any American missiles, if Washington orders another airstrike.
On Monday, Russian Senator Viktor Ozerov told the news agency Interfax, “Our armed forces are in Syria to fight terrorism — not to defend against external threats. That’s not our mandate, and we’re not going to intercept anything,” he said, adding that the Syrian military still has every legal right to try to shoot down the missiles.
There is obviously a lot of behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity happening between Russia and the Trump administration regarding Syria. Perhaps there are public responses and those real politick responses given over secure communications between the two governments. Russia has been very belligerent in the public eye since the airstrikes by the U.S. against the Syrian target last week due to chemical weapons use against civilians. However, the current Russian declaration is interesting to say the least.
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