In a press conference today, Russian Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Colonel Sergei Rudskoy, said
Syrian military facilities had suffered only minor damage from the strikes.
Not exact matches
The U.S., France and the U.K. launched
military strikes Friday night on what the Pentagon said were three
Syrian chlorine and sarin gas research
facilities in response to a suspected chemical attack by
Syrian leader Bashar al - Assad.
Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against
Syrian chemical weapons
facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging
military engagement between the Assad - led
Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.
Speaking at s
military facility near the
Syrian border, Vice President Mike Pence told US service members that immigration talks between lawmakers and the White House couldn't proceed until the government reopens.