oh yes russian president like me putin denounced this strikes as aggression that would make the humanitarian crisis in syria even worse and he called for an emergency meeting of the united nations security council but it also sat that the strike had a destructive influence on the entire system of international relations he once again the reaffirmed russia's view that an alleged chemical attack in syria last saturday was a fake he said that russian military experts who inspected to dumas the syrian c.d.o. do not have found no evidence of the attack just nowhere spock's a man of the russian minister of defense missile him he. sat at the russian defense forces where now in standby mode fighter aircraft is in the air asked to inspect the station but still none of the missiles in the zone of russian air defense weapons wasn't included moscow believes that this strike was not an answer to an alleged chemical attack but their reaction to the successes of the syrian armed

forces in the struggle to free their territory from international terrorism with the help of the russian army ok now should the united states and its allies conduct any additional strikes how would russia respond to that. well i think the most important fact brian is that russian air defense systems located in syrian territory have not been used to counter the missile strikes that is what is the russian minister of defense pointed out and this fact particular seems to be very important for moscow as well and difficulties between moscow and washington are still on the rhetoric level in moscow has very well listened to what the u.s. president tom passed to say had to say and he's televised address mr trump accused russian president vladimir putin personally of failing to avoid that the syrian president assad to use to use chemical weapons as a kremlin see this as a personal insult to the russian president which russia contacts cept the russians have a relatively large military base in the syrian city of may mean if the americans

attack mean then a military conflict between the two former cold war enemy is us and russia can obviously no longer be avoided but so far there is no direct danger of it i think you're either shadow thanks very much your for that from moscow while iran has considerable forces on the ground in syria let's bring in eric randolph correspondent for the french news agency a.f.p. in tehran eric iran is syria's most important regional ally how's it reacting very . well we have the supreme leader ayatollah hominidae describing trump may as criminals and what they have done as a crime over the past week they've said that the allegations of the chemical weapons attack was part of a conspiracy a plot to create precisely the pretext that this kind of attack and they condemn them very strongly come in a also pointing out the hypocrisy of western actions when it supporting saudi

aggression in yemen and elsewhere in the region. and also bringing up the chemical weapons attacks that iran itself suffered during the one nine hundred eighty s. that this is the same who in those days they say was supported by the west and so chemical weapons are a very emotive subject for iran and this puts the minute in an awkward position ok we've also been hearing from tehran that there will be regional consequences that will hurt more than the americans is this all about israel a common. show yeah iran is in a very strong position across the region and has proxy forces and allies in the open and syria iraq and yemen so it's definitely in a position to cause to cause a lot of problems for the west and its allies and all eyes are currently on what all this means for iran and israel that old enemy has been hotting up in recent weeks we sort by we believe by israel in syria that killed seven iranian military

advisors earlier this week and although iran is definitely keen to avoid any kind of direct conflict along that border it's very hard to know for sure how this is going to play out. jeffrey where the focus has been on all sides trying to trying to figure out exactly what all this means in the long time there's very many risk risk points that could go hot in the next few weeks ok to reduce some of the risks you know ahead of the strikes on moscow was informed that they were imminent turkey which has troops in the north of syria was informed as well where the uranium is told that an attack was coming. as far as we know we have an. obviously very few lines of communication between iran and the united states it's they haven't mentioned that directly.

so it's hard it's hard to know what kind of prevention not what that would have done eric randall for us if he correspondent in tehran thanks very much. all the western intervention in syria comes as investigators from a global chemical weapons watchdog are due to start their fact finding mission today into last week's suspect poison attack in duma it killed dozens of civilians syria and its allies deny carrying out that attack and say the western strikes are aimed at hindering the investigation by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the u.s. secretary of defense meanwhile says he's absolutely confident quote that the assad government was behind the attack. the it's been almost a week since their cries shocked the world. suffocated syrian children gasping for

air there among hundreds of victims of a suspected poison gas attack allegedly carried out by their government backed by russia. with military action looming moscow made the explosive claim that the attack was the work of britain was george it was really it was it that you were there we're going to get sure there is because you know she's going to give this to me it's a day the russian military authority to release to me more evidence that proves a great britain was involved in the old denies ancient of these provocative act in eastern guta. bush a story of pretty low at a packed meeting of the united nations the faceoff continued with accusations flying back and forth the u.s. envoy scolded her russian counterpart. i'm in awe of the silly of how you say what you say with a straight face i really really. britain's envoy rubbish the russian claims as she

left the emergency meeting. this is great task it's a blatant lie it's some of the worst piece of fake news we've seen from the russian propaganda machine meanwhile in damascus chemical weapons inspectors were scheduled to start their probe into the attack on saturday and in the wake of saturday's airstrikes diplomatic sources said that security permitting the team would present head with a brief visit. but where does the probe go from here i'm with the aspen institute stars barker mideast expert or weiss logan my. colleague if we could start with you . will the investigation in duma come up with the proof that the assad regime was behind the chemical attack. you're going to the third to be controlled by the q just it's nothing that used interests to to keep any evidence and i mean there was once and this is the nation of damascus i was the and ten minutes of the car bomb

was for the hizbullah over at the imad mughniyeh sitting in the g.m. afraid that one of its own had committed this was the site there was hoses fire hoses fed minutes with blood on the car sweeping the side of the city he was an expert in sweeping evidence ok tyson russia says the gas attack in duma was staged by british intelligence to draw the missiles strikes that we've just seen do they have any proof for that and the russians have offered nothing i mean it's typical it's the typical putin playbook which is the clout the space with this information i mean you know putin lives by the ideology that nothing is true and anything is possible and he tries to propagate that what the u.s. is it demonstrated is it's moved from searching for evidence to a high degree of confidence which has been announced yesterday in their search of forensics of what the chemicals did to the blood and urine samples of those victims of these attacks which they have attributed to chlorine or nerve gas attacks which

are consistent with the syrian regime weapon stocks but i think it's true anytime you're looking at a crime scene like this you know the criminals have some interest and. to do scrub crime scenes i think that's right so we'll be hearing from the o.p.c. w a weighing in on that today or the days ahead where do the missile strikes leave . militarily and politically i think. militarily in the sea more or less in the same position he was as far as his capability to inflict. indiscriminate nobody within the civilian population and politically thieves are stronger in the eyes of his constituents is a constant minority constituents that coke i'm states. the same thoughts that with the use of the most in. this string even knots this is a what do you mean using stars and have the american and allied strikes wound up

strengthening bashar al assad in the end i think that the objective of these attacks was to say chemical weapons are our red line and now we have two data points that demonstrate that they will elicit a reaction to that extent it is limiting i think any rational actor as legitimate illegitimate as these odd regime is to say we really do need to think twice before doing this because it will listen to reaction from outside ok no we were just talking to tehran if the correspondent there around has considerable assets on the ground here could this widen in the days ahead and evoke an arabian response in the region tali producing. iran was a country hit repeatedly by chemical weapons during the it all get on board while you still don't see in the end they still celebrate and warned and it's part of the iranian psyche and yet food cool political calculation is they allow this to happen . in syria i mean it's just a very realists play it and they would not risk

a confrontation that could harm them with the either united states and is that a so as far as. thump is limit in this response it on also would be limited you know how do you see these ties and you know this missile strike isn't about hitting a syria alone it's also about russia and duran this is a multi faceted front isn't it yes but i mean as was mentioned i think that the u.s. objectives are somewhat limited i don't think that you ron's calculation or frankly russia's calculation as changed as a result of these attacks the point that the u.s. and its allies are trying to make here is that we have one two objectives really in syria one is to eliminate isis and the second is to make sure that there are red lines for the use of chemical weapons that does not change the calculation for iran or russia for the ok in terms. of the u.s. then do you think we'll see additional strikes to put an additional emphasis on their shoulder be no chemical weapon usage of the evidences that we're all depend on the actions of the assad regime and its allies whether or not they continue to

deploy these weapons ok what is the assad regime going to do after these missile strikes is it going to now have less support as a result from russia entail iran who might feel the americans and the west have a lot of resolve when it comes to chemical weapons there are nuances between russia and iran in that they should ship with us but they would support us to continue to do so you see it that way too doesn't will or will their report be unequivocal to the u.n. i mean i think that they've been since two thousand and thirteen more drop more into bolstering the legitimacy of propping up this government not less so i think that there are there in it to own it frankly in syria ok tyson thanks so much for that tyson barker from the aspen institute and a colleague a wise as well mideast analyst thanks very much. ok let's bring you up to date on what's been happening so far with the story syrian state t.v. showing what it says are images of the devastation left by the joint u.s.

french british airstrikes it also showed syrian president bashar al assad whose service fights only christers result to poke fresh terrorist the pentagon saying the strikes are in response to the syrian government's alleged chemical weapons attack in duma last week. i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and don't forget there's more on the story of a website you know. all the latest from the new york international auto show. drive it was there for this test of strength among the giant car makers. we take a look under the hood at the auto show and check out the big winners. trudging next

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