U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is confident
that Congress will vote in favor of U.S. military action in Syria, saying
Washington had a broader plan to help the rebels to defeat the forces of
President Bashar al-Assad. During a meeting with congressional leaders at the
White House, Obama called for a quick vote in Congress and reiterated that the
U.S. plan will be limited in scale and not repeat the protracted wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan. "What we are expecting is somewhat limited’s
proportionate. Degrade Assad capabilities, "said Obama.
"Meanwhile, we have a broader strategy that will allow
us to enhance the capabilities of the opposition," he added. Obama
expressed his willingness to answer all the concerns of legislators on the
request for authorization to use force that the White House sent to Congress.
Moreover, Russia raised the alarm on Tuesday after detecting the release of two
"ballistic objects in the Mediterranean Sea, but later said that Israel
had carried out a missile test together with the United States.
There were no reports of any missile attack against Syria.
Syrian Government sources said the missile fell into the sea without damage and
there were no explosions in the capital Damascus, according to Russian news
agencies’ first Russian news agencies on the pitch altered the financial
markets because the United States has been preparing a possible military
offensive in Syria after an alleged chemical attack made by the Syrian
government in its war with rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar
al-Assad.
But the Israeli Defense Ministry said it had tested a
missile, used as a target for a missile defense system funded by the United
States, at 09:15 local time (0615 GMT), about the same time that the Russian
radar detected the launch. "Trajectory of these objects goes from the
middle of the sea Mediterranean to the eastern part of the Mediterranean coast,
"said the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry, as quoted by
Interfax. Spokesman said the launch was detected by a radar station in Armavir
early warning near the Black Sea, which is designed to detect missiles from
Europe and Iran. did not say who was the author of the release or if an impact
is detected, although the RIA news agency quoted a source from the "state
structures" in Syria saying that objects fell harmlessly into the sea.
The Russian Defense
Ministry refused to comment to Reuters. The Russian Embassy in Syria said there
were no signs of a missile attack or explosions in Damascus, according to state
news agency Itar-Tass. Systems early warning radar in Syria did not detect any
missile approaching his territory, according to a Syrian security source quoted
by the Lebanese TV channel al-Manar. The Russian defense minister, Sergei
Shoigu, President Vladimir Putin told the launch, but it was not immediately
clear how he reacted. The price of Brent
oil raised more than a dollar and Dubai stock market fell after Russia said it
had detected the launches. Assad's government denied responsibility for the
deaths of hundreds of people in the course of chemical attack on August
21.
Russia opposes any
foreign military intervention in the Syrian civil war and an official of the
Ministry of Defense had earlier criticized the United States to deploy warships
in the Mediterranean. Moscow ally Asad
mightiest during more than two years of conflict in Syria, says he suspects the
attack was carried out by rebels to provoke military intervention. Five U.S.
destroyers and an amphibious ship in the Mediterranean are prepared for
possible attacks against Syria cruise missiles, which are not ballistic.
U.S. officials
said the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and four other ships in its battle group
were transferred to the Red Sea on Monday. "Pressure applied by the United
States cause particular concern," said the official Russian Defense
Ministry Oleg Dogayev Itar-Tass quoted. "Deployment of ships armed with
cruise missiles off the coast of Syria has a negative effect on the situation
in the region," he added.
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