A blow to Syria was temporarily postponed: the United States is not striving for leadership in the war and will seek the support of allies

The United States will continue attempts to create an international coalition for joint actions against Syria, said on Friday the head of the Ministry of Defense Chuck Heigel after the UK parliament - the main American ally in Europe - refused to support the “humanitarian intervention” plan.

“The goal of President Barack Obama and our government, whatever the decision, is that it is international cooperation and efforts,” Reuters quoted Hageel as saying. According to the head of the Pentagon, Washington will continue consulting with London. He emphasized that a number of countries have publicly expressed their position on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

When Heigel was asked if there is a chance that Syrian President Bashar Assad could make efforts to relieve the threat of military intervention, he said that he was not going to discuss hypothetical situations. As the head of the military department noted, he is not aware of any changes in the position of Assad’s regime and prefers to deal with reality.

- Experts predict five options for the development of events around Syria
- France does not exclude participation, but Hollande became more careful in words
-Congress did not convince the "evidence" of Himatia
- Journalists testify to the new case of the use of incendiary bombs

Earlier, American officials did not exclude that the United States may have to act unilaterally in relation to Syria. The representative of the US National Security Council Caytlin Hayden, commenting on the results of voting in the British parliament, brought Barack Obama that "the USA key interests are at stake" and "that countries that violate international norms in relation to chemical weapons should be called to answer."

The media again began to guess when a blow would be delivered. The New York Times referred to the officials of the Obama administration, claiming that the president is ready for a limited blow to Syria, and the British decision would not stop him. The assumptions were born that the blow would follow immediately after the departure of the UN inspectors - on Friday they turn the work on the site of the alleged chimatika near Damascus and returned with a report on Saturday.

In preparation for any military operation, conflicting information appears about when it can follow, therefore, the United States already has a technical opportunity to strike any statements, the expert of the Center of Carnegie Petr Topychkanov noted the Vedomosti .

"Kommersant" recalls that before that experts believed that the blow would be inflicted on Friday night, but on Thursday the tone of the opponents of Bashar Assad changed somewhat. The leadership of France, which had previously spoke with hard calls, also announced the intention to wait for the UN.

In addition, it became finally clear that, unlike the Iraqi campaign of a ten -year ago, which was under the unconditional leadership of the United States upon self -removal of Europe, Barack Obama does not strive for leadership in the war with Damascus, the newspaper reasoned.

It will be difficult to achieve complete clarity after the UN mission completes work in Syria, the authors of the article continue. They indicate that the inspectors do not have a mandate to determine the parties responsible for the chimatak, they only have to establish whether there was an attack or not, and if it was - determine the used substance. The culprit must establish the UN Security Council. However, judging by the mood of its members, he is unlikely to be able to come to a consensus.

The Western military operation in Syria becomes almost inevitable. If it begins, it is clearly without taking into account the opinions of Russia and China, which vote against the UN Security Council, they write on Friday Vedomosti in the editorial article. Political scientists say one voice that military operation is now not beneficial to anyone. But the logic of the conflict, which was repeatedly implemented in Libya, Iraq, Yugoslavia, gradually leads to the intervention of a strong one.

Expert opinions regarding how Russia can affect the situation. Russia, as an international player on the side of the local (Syria) player (Syria), can almost nothing, the expert of the Center for Political Technology Boris Makarenko believes. If the United States prove that Assad used chemical weapons, Russia will have to choose where and with whom it is.

Vasily Kashin from the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies believes that after Libyan history, neither Russia nor China intends to yield without a fight not only in the UN Security Council: the supplies of the Assad of weapons, fuel and food will continue. “This is already very similar to the local conflicts of the Cold War, in which“ our bitch children ”fought against“ their bitch children. ”Probably, the Russian military and the military -industrial complex will appeal, but will not bring a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We are waiting for chaos in international relations,” the newspaper concludes.

Experts predict five options for the development of events around Syria

US missile strikes on Syria can provoke retaliatory actions against Americans or Israel by Syria and its allies, such as the Hizballah and Iran, experts told ABC News .

At the same time, the calculations of the Obama administration regarding the consequences of military interference may not be justified, said a researcher at the Bruckings Institute Dan Bayman, who specializes in foreign policy. ABC News offers five scenarios, according to which the situation around Syria can develop.

According to the first option, Syria will try to take response measures by attacking American goals or Israel on its own. However, according to analysts, such a development of events is unlikely, since the Bashar Assad regime does not have the resources necessary for this. According to the expert of the Center for Strategic and International Studies by Anthony Cord forces, any response measures of the Syrian government will be symbolic.

The second scenario suggests that Iran will begin military operations against Israel. In recent days, Iranian leaders have noticeably strengthened the anti -American rhetoric, hinting that they would not stand aside from the Syrian conflict and can take retaliatory measures against Israel in response to any military interference.

According to the third scenario, radical groups of the Hizballah type will use conflict to satisfy their ambitions and try to achieve their own plans.

The fourth option proposed by experts is associated with the assumption that Syria will accuse the United States of war crimes. With this accusation, the country can apply to the UN.

According to the fifth alleged option, the United States can be limited to only a single warning blow in order to force Assad to abandon attempts to repeat chemical attacks.

Journalists indicate a new case of the use of incendiary bombs

Journalists of the Air Force witnessed the consequences of the impact of the incendiary bomb dropped in the school court in the north of the country. As a result, dozens of children received burns throughout the body. According to eyewitnesses, a fighter threw a bomb, which first circled over the school for a long time, as if choosing where it was better to drop a terrible load.

According to The Guardian , more than 10 schoolchildren died.

The fact that the Bashara Assada government has been using incendiary bombs since last year, the international organization Human Rights Watch reported. To confirm this fact, human rights activists interviewed eyewitnesses and analyzed a large number of videos, but there was no official confirmation of this information from the Syrian authorities.