What is Russia's reaction to the chemical weapons cloud detonating Syria's chaos?

(Original title: chemical weapons cloud detonated Syria's chaotic fight against Russia warning: Russian troops have responded)

Global Times correspondent in Egypt after Syrian opposition-controlled areas were suspected of being attacked by chemical weapons, The cloud of war hanging over Syria quickly accumulated on the 9th: the West strongly condemned Bashar regime, Trump warned to respond within 48 hours, the United States and France wanted to jointly strike back at Bashar, and Russia's air defense missile system in Syria raised its combat readiness level ... Just as the world speculated whether the United States or France would fight the Bashar government, an air base of Syrian government forces was attacked by missiles, and it was said that there were Russian and Iranian soldiers in the base. The attacker was said to be Israel, and the action was approved by the United States in advance. "Middle East Online" commented that this attack may be a roadshow for a larger bombing in the United States.

according to the official Syrian Arab news agency, on the morning of the 9th, the T-4 air base of Syrian government forces in the central part of the country was attacked by eight missiles, several of which were shot down by Syrian air defense forces, and 14 people were killed.

At first, the official Syrian media believed that this was "probably an invasion by the United States". The Pentagon issued a statement on the evening of the 8th, denying that the US military had launched missiles at Syria, and said that "it will continue to pay close attention to the development of the situation and support the ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at holding the fighters responsible, whether they are in Syria or elsewhere". According to Agence France-Presse, France also denied air strikes against the air base in Homs province, Syria. The agency quoted a spokesman for the French General Staff as saying: "We didn't do this."

A few hours later, the Russian Interfax news agency quoted an official of the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying that Israeli warplanes had carried out missile strikes on the T-4 air base in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said: "On the 9 th, from 3: 25 to 53 Moscow time, two Israeli F-15 fighters attacked the air base in Homs province, Syria with eight missiles from Lebanese territory, five of which were shot down by the Syrian air defense system, and three hit the target, but no Russian soldiers were killed or injured." There are Syrian, Iranian and Russian soldiers in this base in Syria, as well as Lebanese "Hezbollah" militants. On February 1th, the Israeli Air Force launched an attack on this base. At that time, an Israeli F-16 fighter plane was shot down.

Later, in an interview with Yediot Izvestia, Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman indirectly admitted this statement, and said that Israeli air force fighters had returned safely from the operation in Syria. According to NBC, two American officials also confirmed that Israel carried out air strikes on the Syrian air base in the early morning of Monday and informed the United States in advance. The air strike killed 14 people, including several Iranian military personnel.

Russia is extremely dissatisfied with this. According to RIA Novosti, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the air attack on the T-4 air base in Syria was a very dangerous incident, which once again showed that it was too dangerous in Syria, where no one invited any players, but they came here under the pretext of cracking down on the "Islamic State" and counter-terrorism. Then, besides these targets, there are other hidden targets. "As for the people around the President of the United States, they warned that Washington does not rule out the possibility of attacking Syria. You know, our army has responded to this. According to the agreement we signed with the Syrian government, we have the obligation to protect Syria. Syria has a legitimate government and is a member of the United Nations. "