President Donald Trump is being hailed by some Syrians for striking Bashar al-Assad Thursday for likely using chemical weapons against civilians Tuesday. One Syrian refugee interviewed by The New Y
President Donald Trump is being hailed by some Syrians for striking Bashar al-Assad Thursday for likely using chemical weapons against civilians Tuesday.
One Syrian refugee interviewed by The New York Times even said he would vote for Trump, despite being upset over Trump’s travel ban. He declared, “he’s a national hero now,” continuing “100 percent.”
“The Syrian people just gave up on anyone coming to their rescue,” another refugee said. He explained that Trump’s Thursday strike was “light at the end of the tunnel.”
Riyad Hijab, a former Syrian prime minister and opposition leader, told The Washington Post “President Trump was able to do in two days what President [Barack] Obama could not do in six years.” Hijab continued, “We call on President Trump to go even further and ground the entire Syrian Air Force, which has ruthlessly bombarded civilians with chemical weapons and explosive barrels for years with impunity.”
Trump administration officials have indicated they may strike Assad again if he uses chemical weapons. U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley declared the U. S. is “prepared to do more” if Assad uses chemical weapons again. She forcefully declared that “Assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever.” Haley also took Russia and Iran to task for actively supporting the Assad regime, saying they too held “responsibility” for the attack.
The U. S. military is currently investigating whether Russia played a role in dropping the chemical weapons. Russia has carried out thousands of airstrikes on behalf of the regime. “The moral stain of the Assad regime could no longer go unanswered,” Haley said.
“President Trump is willing to act when governments and actors cross the line, cross the line on violating commitments they’ve made, and crossed the line in the most heinous of ways,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said after the strike.
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MALMO, Sweden — A 39-year-old Islamic State supporter of Uzbek origin was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving a truck through a crowd of people in central Stockholm, leaving four dead. T
MALMO, Sweden — A 39-year-old Islamic State supporter of Uzbek origin was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving a truck through a crowd of people in central Stockholm, leaving four dead.
The man reportedly stole the truck from a delivery driver moments before he attacked the busy Drottninggatan and later crashed into a department store. The driver then fled to the closest subway station and hopped on northbound train to take him out of the city.
Police arrested him in the suburb of Marsta hours later after a tip from locals. The suspect had minor injuries and immediately confessed. The truck allegedly contained explosive material.
“The person in question has been arrested as the perpetrator … in this case the driver,” police spokesman Lars Bystrom said Saturday. “Then, there can be other people who are associated with him, but we do not know that at the current time.”
Local newspaper Aftonbladet reports the man is a 39-year-old father of four who lives in the area but is an Uzbek citizen. Aftonbladet claims he posted ISIS propaganda videos on his Facebook page and “liked” an image of helpless victims from the Boston Marathon attack in April 2013.
A friend of the suspect told Aftonbladet the man works in construction and sends his paychecks back to his family in Uzbekistan.
“He has four kids and works in construction. He never talks about politics or religion. The only thing he talks about is getting more jobs so he can send money back to his family,” the friend told Aftonbladet.
CCTV footage captured the panic on Drottninggatan as the truck flew by at a high speed.
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Nine people remain in critical condition at the hospital and six victims have been released so far.
Swedish authorities have tightened security and imposed temporary border controls for 10 days to prevent another attack from happening.
“This was an absolutely necessary decision and logical decision considering what has happened,” Patrik Engström, head of the national border police, told newspaper Dagens Nyheter .
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Trump administration readies new sanctions on Syrian government as relations with Russia deteriorate
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The United States is vowing to keep up the pressure on Syria after the intense nighttime wave of missile strikes from U. S. ships, despite the prospect of escalating Russian ill will that could further inflame one of the world’s most vexing conflicts.
The Trump administration signaled Friday that the U. S. could follow this week’s missile attack with new sanctions against Syria , CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan reports.
Standing firm, the Pentagon was even probing whether Russia itself was involved in the chemical weapons assault that compelled President Trump to action. The attack against a Syrian air base was the first U. S. assault against the government of President Bashar Assad.
Just over a day after the U. S. missile attack on Syria, the tension between America and Russia is beginning to boil. While the Trump administrati…
Much of the international community rallied behind Mr. Trump’s decision to fire the cruise missiles in reaction to this week’s chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of men, women and children in Syria. But a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the strikes dealt “a significant blow” to relations between Moscow and Washington.
At the United Nations, Russia’s deputy ambassador, Vladimir Safronkov, strongly criticized what he called the U. S. “flagrant violation of international law and an act of aggression” whose “consequences for regional and international security could be extremely serious.” He called the Assad government a main force against terrorism and said it deserved the presumption of innocence in the chemical weapons attack.
U. S. officials blame Moscow for propping up Assad.
“The world is waiting for the Russian government to act responsibly in Syria,” Nikki Haley, the U. S. ambassador to the U. N., said during an emergency Security Council session . “The world is waiting for Russia to reconsider its misplaced alliance with Bashar Assad.”
U. S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called the strikes on Syria ‘justified’. Chris Harmer, senior naval analyst at the Institute fo…
Haley said the U. S. was prepared to take further action in Syria but hoped it wouldn’t be necessary.
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that King Salman complimented Mr. Trump in a telephone conversation for his “courageous decision.”
Saudi Arabia, one of the most vehement opponents of Assad, said the missile barrage was the right response to “the crimes of this regime to its people in light of the failure of the international community to stop it.”
In Florida with the president, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said additional economic sanctions on Syria were being prepared.
Thursday night’s strikes — some 60 cruise missiles fired from two ships in the Mediterranean — were the culmination of a rapid, three-day transformation for Mr. Trump, who has long opposed deeper U. S. involvement in Syria’s civil war. Advisers said he was outraged by heartbreaking images of young children who were among the dozens killed in the chemical attack.
Two U. S. Navy ships launched cruise missiles against a Syrian air base in response for a nerve gas attack that killed dozens of civilians. David…
White House officials caution that Mr. Trump is not preparing to plunge the U. S. deeper into Syria. Spokesman Sean Spicer said the missile attack sent a clear message to Assad, but he avoided explicitly calling for the Syrian to leave office.
The impact of the strikes was also unclear. Despite intense international pressure, Assad has clung to power since a civil war broke out in his country six years ago, helped by financial and military support from both Russia and Iran. Russian military personnel and aircraft are embedded with Syria’s, and Iranian troops and paramilitary forces are also on the ground helping Assad fight the array of opposition groups hoping to topple him.
Mr. Trump spent Friday in Florida, in private meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. U. S. officials noted that the timing of the strike had the possible added benefit of signaling to China that Mr. Trump is willing to make good on his threat to act alone to stop North Korea’s nuclear pursuits if Beijing doesn’t exert more pressure on Pyongyang.
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