Chemical reaction

The United States considers the possibility of a military response to the chemical attack of the Syrian government forces. About this American President Donald Trump to several congressmen, CNN reports with reference to a source familiar with the situation.

The president recognizes the seriousness of the situation and has not yet made any decision, the source noted. Trump is discussing the issue with the head of the Pentagon James Mattis, whose opinion is fully relied on.

American officials told CNN that the Pentagon had already developed and presented the administration options for impact on objects related to Syrian chemical weapons.

Meanwhile, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Daily News, citing the country's Ministry of Health, said that the examination of the victims of the alleged chemical attack in Syria revealed the presence of poisoning gas Zarin. “Initial examinations indicate that the victims were exposed to Zarin’s chemical,” the publication quoted the publication.

31 Himakaki suffered in Syrian Idlib were delivered to Turkey for treatment. It is noted that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was confirmed by the results of the autopsy of the three victims of the attack.

On Thursday, the Kremlin was called to a balanced assessment of the incident. "Of course, we would consider it necessary to be a much more balanced approach and do not consider it possible to indulge in some kind of hasty assessments of what happened in Syria, in the province of Idlib," said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The chemical attack on Khan-Sheikhun in the Syrian Muhafaz Idlib was committed early in the morning on Tuesday . Bombs with poisonous gases, allegedly Zarin and chlorine were thrown into the city. At least 72 people were killed, including 20 children and 17 women. The number of victims, according to various sources, amounted to more than 160 to 300 people.

Later, on Tuesday, the Rahma hospital was bombed, where in particular, some of the victims of morning raid were in particular. It was noted that this blow was expected by Russian aviation.

Already on Tuesday, the Bashar Assada regime announced that the plant and the warehouse of chemical shells belonging to the opposition had been bombed. The next day, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov made a similar statement. In Damascus, they assured that the blow to the Khan-Sheikhun was inflicted by the Su-22 fighter-bomber (this model is the export version of the Russian SU-17). According to Assad officials, such aircraft cannot carry a chemical weapon.

However, the commander of the rebel formation "Army of the Free Idlib" Hassan Hajj Ali emphasized that there were no military facilities in the territory undergoing an impact, especially the chemical weapon production plant. The rebels have no possibilities to produce such shells at all, Hassan noted.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council after discussion postponed a vote under the draft resolution on a chemical attack on the city of Khan-Sheikhun. The reason was a sharply negative reaction of Russia to a draft document proposed by the United States, Great Britain and France. The resolution decided to finalize; After that, she will be again taken for a discussion. It is possible that it will take place in the coming hours.

The US Permanent Representative to the UN Nickei Haley at the emergency meeting of the Council of People's Commissars on Wednesday, convened at the initiative of France, sharply criticized Russia and China for repeatedly vested resolutions with condemnation of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad. Haley demonstrated photographs of children injured from Himakaki, and emphasized that, "if nothing is done, such blows will continue." Assad has no incentives to stop using chemical weapons while Russia continues to protect its regime from the consequences of such attacks, the US Permanent Representative noted.

“If the UN sequentially demonstrates the inability to fulfill its duty and act collectively, the time is coming for states when they are forced to take actions on their own,” Haley said. What kind of actions are meant, she did not specify.