Us chemical weapons bloomberg. Milky Way over RIM fire Copyrights:... - Milky way scientists. Iran says US will suffer if Syria is attacked - Middle East. Allegations that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons last month are a "pretext" by the West to attack the country, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.
Iran is Syria's main regional ally and has warned Western powers against intervening in the country's civil war, as the United States edges towards launching strikes against the Damascus regime. Washington and its allies "are using the chemical weapon [allegation] as a pretext," and "are saying that they want to intervene for humanitarian reasons," Khamenei said on Thursday. "The United States is wrong about Syria, and it is certain they will suffer... just like in Iraq and Afghanistan," Khamenei told members of the Assembly of Experts, the body that supervises his work. Separately, the chief of Iran's elite Quds Force unit, Qassem Soleimani, said Tehran would back Syria "until the end" in the face of possible US-led military strikes. 'Counsel and advice' "Such action will help nobody.
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Who Are Syria's Friends And Why Are They Supporting Assad? : Parallels. Hide captionRussian President Vladimir Putin greets his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2006.
Russia — along with China and Iran — has remained a steadfast ally of Assad amid calls for international intervention in Syria. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP Russian President Vladimir Putin greets his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2006. Russia — along with China and Iran — has remained a steadfast ally of Assad amid calls for international intervention in Syria.
While much of the world is lining up against Syria, the country is not entirely friendless, and it's hoping its allies can provide at least some cover in the confrontation over its apparent use of chemical weapons. Russia and China are almost certain to block any U.N. resolution that could be used to authorize force against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Russia Moscow has long-standing strategic and financial interests in Syria. China Iran As the BBC notes: Hezbollah. Russia Says The West Created Terrorist Problem In Mali. Why Russia Backs Assad. White House pushes Congress on Syria after Obama's recoil. NEW: Arab League condemns attack, blames Syrian governmentKerry says blood and hair samples show "signatures of sarin"The U.N. says its investigation will be "impartial and credible" Syrian opposition: Obama has given false hope to those suffering Should the West intervene in Syria?
Tell us what you think. (CNN) -- The Obama administration pushed forward Sunday on a new path toward military action in Syria, urging Congress to support the president's call. Tests found signatures of sarin gas in blood and hair samples collected from the Damascus site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union. The samples were collected separately from a United Nations investigation into the August 21 attack and provide further proof that the Syrian regime attacked its own people, Kerry said.
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