Es liegt auf der Hand, dass der Angriff durch US-Marschflugkörper im Voraus vorbereitet wurde. Jedem Spezialisten ist klar, dass der Beschluss über das Versetzen der Angriffe in Washington vor den Ereignissen in Idlib getroffen wurde, die einfach als Vorwand zum Zeigen der Kraft genutzt wurden.

Die russische Seite stellt die Gültigkeit des Memorandums über Verhinderung der Vorfälle und Gewährleistung der Sicherheit der Flüge der Fliegerkräfte während der Operationen in Syrien ein, das mit den USA abgeschlossen wurde.

Wir rufen den UN-Sicherheitsrat zur Durchführung einer Sondersitzung zur Besprechung der entstandenen Situation auf.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahran Qasemi sympathized with Swedish people and government on the sad occasion, IRNA news agency reported.

“Amid all the jubilation of some Western and Arab countries over US recent missile strike in Khan Shyknun region near Idlib in northern Syria which is by itself an effort to breathe new life to the dead bodies of terrorists, we are witnessing a criminal act conducted by one who has been nurtured by the dogmatic, lunatic and bloody ideologies in Europe,” he said.

This crime is one of the massacres committed by Washington and its allies who formed the so called “International Alliance against ISIS” outside the jurisdiction of the UN Security Council.

Speaking at the National Conference on Resistive Economy and Rural Development on Saturday, Dr Rouhani added: „Today, on the pretext that chemical weapons have been used in a part of Syria, of course it is not clear who has used it and of what kind it was, Syria is under missile attack“.

„However, the United Nations has explicitly announced that it has carried out the required tests and investigations in Syria three years ago, collecting such weapons,“ the President said.

He continued: „Today, it must be clarified how and through which border these chemical weapons have reached Syria“.

BPK vom 7. April 2017 (Komplett im Wortprotokoll: http://bit.ly/2paAIjC Als Podcast http://bit.ly/2ogRznE)

Ein Sprecher des Bundesverteidigungsministeriums sagte am Freitag, Ministerin Ursula von der Leyen sei „kurz vorher vorab“ von ihrem US-Kollegen James Mattis in Kenntnis gesetzt worden. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert ergänzte, die Ministerin und der außen- und sicherheitspolitische Berater von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Christoph Heusgen, hätten darauf die Kanzlerin zeitnah informiert. Merkel habe dann am Morgen mit Außenminister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) und mit SPD-Chef Martin Schulz gesprochen.

Der chinesische Staatspräsident Xi Jinping hat seinen amerikanischen Amtskollegen Donald Trump am Freitag in Mar-a-Lago im US-Bundestaat Florida zu einem zweiten Gespräch getroffen.

Die beiden Staatschefs tauschten dabei Meinungen über die konkrete Kooperation zwischen China und den USA in wichtigen Bereichen sowie internationale und regionale Fragen von gemeinsamem Interesse aus. Beide waren der Ansicht, ihr Treffen sei positiv und erfolgreich gewesen. Sie wollten sich außerdem gemeinsam für die Erweiterung der Kooperation von gegenseitigem Nutzen einsetzen und Meinungsverschiedenheiten auf der Grundlage des gegenseitigen Respekts kontrollieren.

Russland wird demnächst laut dem Oberbefehlshaber der russischen Luft- und Weltraumstreitkräfte, Viktor Bondarew, den modernen Flugabwehrkomplex S-500 in Dienst stellen.

„Der einzige Weg für das Erhalten und Vorlegen von irgendwelchen objektiven Beweisen der angeblichen Existenz von Giftstoffen auf Schairat ist das Entsenden einer Mission professioneller Experten dorthin“, so Konaschenkow am Samstag.

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And they have no idea what the president might do next.

It is up to Congress, not the president, to declare war; in 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution to maintain its final say over the matter. Once a president initiates “hostilities” against a new enemy, the resolution gives him 60 days to gain congressional approval to continue his military initiative. If he fails to gain the approval of the House and Senate, he must stop his campaign within the next 30 days.

The president’s airstrike has set off the 60-day period.

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The politically diverse group ranges from the libertarian-leaning Kentucky GOP Rep. Tom Massie to Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat and Hillary Clinton‘s running mate in 2016. They‘ve told Trump the U.S. Constitution gives Congress sole power to declare war and said the president needs to convince them that they should.

On this first day of fallout from Donald Trump‘s unilateral decision to take military action against Syria, a particularly stunning fact stands out: Not only did Trump fail to obtain authorization from Congress for the strike, but he informed the Russians first.

„General Dunford sprach mit General Gerassimow nach dem Angriff. Das Gespräch war professionell. Im Mittelpunkt stand die Situation in Syrien“, teilte ein Sprecher der US-Administration der Nachrichtenagentur RIA Novosti mit.

Eine Stellungnahme der russischen Seite liegt nicht vor.

Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said Russia was alerted via the established deconfliction line, and „U.S. military planners took precautions to minimize risk to Russian or Syrian personnel located at the airfield.“

(22.10.2015) It took until this week for the United States, whose forces have long been in sync with Israel on Syria, to agree on similar coordination with Russia.

Alexander Shein, Russia‘s ambassador to Israel, said his country‘s operations were limited to air and missile strikes on „terrorist groups.“

„In this context there is no reason to talk about any alliance between the Russian side, Hezbollah and the Iranian side in Syrian affairs,“ he said in an emailed response to questions from Reuters.

A state news agency said that King Salman congratulated the US President on this courageous decision which serves the regional and world interest.

The Saudi king and the US President also discussed US-Saudi bilateral relations and reviewed the situations in the region and the world.

The statement said Riyadh holds the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responsible for the military strikes.

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(24.6.2016) In return, Israel agreed not to intervene militarily in Syria and to allow Russian jets to fly over Israeli air space, without risk of a Turkey-style shoot-down crisis. By offering Netanyahu credible security guarantees, Russia is able to carry out its military campaign in Syria, with little risk of Israeli retaliation that could jeopardize Putin’s pro-Assad objectives.

„Die Entwicklung in Syrien hat die Lage fundamental verändert“, teilte Johnson in einem Erklärung mit: „Meine Priorität sind nun die Kontakte mit den USA und mit anderen vor dem G-7-Treffen am 10. und 11. April.“

Without the limiting principles provided by the Constitution, presidential war power is dangerously unconstrained. When the only limits are set by the executive branch itself, as seems to be the case now, the constitutional system of checks and balances is broken. The Constitution was not designed to leave these questions up to the sole discretion of the president.

Congress has all the constitutional tools needed to impose meaningful limits on presidential power. The question is whether Congress will play its constitutionally assigned role, or once again hand its power to a president.