The Syrian and Russian governments have responded to allegations by White House officials made earlier this week that the Syrian regime was planning to carry out a chemical weapons attack, with the Russians threatening retaliation to any “preemptive” American strike.
“We will react with dignity, in proportion to the real situation that may take place,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conferenceon Wednesday.
“I expect that our partners in the region—American, European—will also have an open and comprehensible approach, aimed at de-escalation through normalization of the humanitarian situation,” Lavrov added, perhaps charitably.
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