Responding to Moscow’s warning to shoot down any missile fired at Syria, US President Donald Trump has addressed Russia via Twitter, warning of “nice and new and smart” missiles coming to the war-torn country. Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova took to Facebook to respond to Trump’s outburst on Twitter. ...
The United States has asked the UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on its proposal to set up an inquiry to investigate ‘chemical weapons attacks in Syria’, but the measure could face a veto from Russia, diplomats said. The US push for a vote expected at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) ...