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| Russia urges US comment on reports of fatal Syria mosque strike | Russia urges US comment on reports of fatal Syria mosque strike |
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| The Russian Defense Ministry has urged a comment from the Pentagon after photos of a purported US missile fragment found in the rubble of a bombed Syrian mosque emerged online. | The Russian Defense Ministry has urged a comment from the Pentagon after photos of a purported US missile fragment found in the rubble of a bombed Syrian mosque emerged online. |
| “A photo showing a fragment of an air-to-surface AGM-114 Hellfire missile has emerged. It leaves no chance for the US-led coalition to remain silent as usual and for diplomats to spout anti-Russian rhetoric,” Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Friday. | “A photo showing a fragment of an air-to-surface AGM-114 Hellfire missile has emerged. It leaves no chance for the US-led coalition to remain silent as usual and for diplomats to spout anti-Russian rhetoric,” Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Friday. |
| Russia is expecting the Pentagon to comment on the deadly airstrike on a mosque in Syria’s Aleppo province, where at least 40 civilians were feared killed overnight into Friday, March 17. | Russia is expecting the Pentagon to comment on the deadly airstrike on a mosque in Syria’s Aleppo province, where at least 40 civilians were feared killed overnight into Friday, March 17. |
| “I think we should expect comments from the US partners anytime soon,” Konashenkov noted. | “I think we should expect comments from the US partners anytime soon,” Konashenkov noted. |
| The news of the strike was broken by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the White Helmets activists who shared the first pictures from the scene. Some news outlets were quick to lay the blame for the attack on Moscow or Damascus. | The news of the strike was broken by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the White Helmets activists who shared the first pictures from the scene. Some news outlets were quick to lay the blame for the attack on Moscow or Damascus. |
| Tragic mistakes that claim lives of civilians do happen at war, the Russian spokesman said, however adding that “before releasing anti-Russian false stories, they [media sources] should do their job as professionals by thoroughly studying the facts and getting to the bottom of things.” | Tragic mistakes that claim lives of civilians do happen at war, the Russian spokesman said, however adding that “before releasing anti-Russian false stories, they [media sources] should do their job as professionals by thoroughly studying the facts and getting to the bottom of things.” |
| READ MORE: Russia accused of US strike in Syria: ‘80 percent of MSM stories on Mideast wars is fake news' | |
| There is no doubt the US missiles were intended for terrorists, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. | There is no doubt the US missiles were intended for terrorists, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. |
| “We have no doubt that the US forces were aiming at terrorists,” Zakharova said. | “We have no doubt that the US forces were aiming at terrorists,” Zakharova said. |
| “Unlike some of our opponents, we are not going to blame them for ‘intentional’ killing of civilians and destruction of infrastructure,” she noted, adding that there is still a need to understand what really happened in Al-Jinah. | “Unlike some of our opponents, we are not going to blame them for ‘intentional’ killing of civilians and destruction of infrastructure,” she noted, adding that there is still a need to understand what really happened in Al-Jinah. |
| READ MORE: US-led coalition ‘acts secretively in Syria,’ Americans often absent from hotline – Russian military | READ MORE: US-led coalition ‘acts secretively in Syria,’ Americans often absent from hotline – Russian military |
| The authenticity of the photo supposedly showing a metal piece of a missile with a serial number inscription is yet to be confirmed. | The authenticity of the photo supposedly showing a metal piece of a missile with a serial number inscription is yet to be confirmed. |
| Russian and Syrian forces, as well as the US-led coalition air powers are known to be conducting operations in the affected area. The US admitted to targeting a building located next to the mosque where an Al-Qaeda terrorists meeting allegedly took place, noting that the mosque itself wasn’t hit. | Russian and Syrian forces, as well as the US-led coalition air powers are known to be conducting operations in the affected area. The US admitted to targeting a building located next to the mosque where an Al-Qaeda terrorists meeting allegedly took place, noting that the mosque itself wasn’t hit. |
| “We did not strike nor did we hit the mosque that was within 50 feet of the half of the building that we struck where a meeting of Al-Qaeda in Syria was taking place,” said CENTCOM spokesman Colonel John Thomas, according to AFP. | “We did not strike nor did we hit the mosque that was within 50 feet of the half of the building that we struck where a meeting of Al-Qaeda in Syria was taking place,” said CENTCOM spokesman Colonel John Thomas, according to AFP. |
| READ MORE: Putin: We know who destroyed aid convoy in Aleppo, Syria | |
| Jumping to unverified conclusions and laying the blame on Moscow and Damascus by several news outlets these days is “common practice,” Ammar Waqqaf, political analyst specializing on the Middle East, told RT. | Jumping to unverified conclusions and laying the blame on Moscow and Damascus by several news outlets these days is “common practice,” Ammar Waqqaf, political analyst specializing on the Middle East, told RT. |
| Waqqaf doesn’t think that the relatives of the dead civilians will see any justice, saying that it’s also a “common practice” that was seen in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the US will attempt to get out of the incident “as clean as possible.” | Waqqaf doesn’t think that the relatives of the dead civilians will see any justice, saying that it’s also a “common practice” that was seen in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the US will attempt to get out of the incident “as clean as possible.” |
| “You will have collateral damage, the problem is that it was prayer time and a lot of people should have been expected to be gathering in that particular mosque,” Waqqaf said. | “You will have collateral damage, the problem is that it was prayer time and a lot of people should have been expected to be gathering in that particular mosque,” Waqqaf said. |