Breaking: Russia vows to respond if forces in Syria threatened by US strikes, knows US is planning false-flag chemical attack

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:28 A.M.) – Moments ago, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) released an official statement saying that the Russian military would respond to any US aggression that threatened its forces in Syria.

The statement more specifically eluded to a possible US strike against Syrian government targets in Damascus where Russian forces have a presence.

Moscow is convinced that the US plans to use proxy elements in Syria to carry out a false flag chemical weapons attack that will be blamed on the Syrian Armed Forces and used as a pretext for military action.

Updates to follow.