Syria claims it KNEW America was about to launch airstrikes hours before the attack on its airbase and moved its planes out of the way
Russia received signals the US was launching an airstrike on a Syrian air base
Russia received a ‘deconfliction’ notice but were not asked for permission
The US military fired more than 50 tomahawk missiles at Syrian military airfield
Syria claims it knew about the impending threat ‘hours’ before it happened
By JULIAN ROBINSON
DailyMail.com
7 April 2017
Syria has claimed it knew America was about to launch airstrikes hours before the attack on its airbase – and was able to move its planes out of the way.
The US military fired more than 50 tomahawk missiles at the al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs at 1.40am today.
Russia was informed of the airstrike about 30 minutes in advance, according to Moscow’s ambassador to the UN.
Now a Syrian military source has claimed that it had already ‘learned of the American threat’ and that precautions were taken ‘in more than one military point’.
The source did not say how they knew or who had informed them.
‘We learned of the American threat and the expected military bombardment on Syrian territory,’ a source told AFP.
‘We took precautions in more than one military point, including in the Shayrat airbase. We moved a number of airplanes towards other areas,’ the official said, adding they were forewarned ‘hours’ before the strike.
He did not specify where the planes had been moved to or who had warned the Syrian government.
The Russian military, which has ground troops in Syria as well as a fleet of around eight Mi-28N Night Hunter and Ka-52 Alligator gunships stationed at the base, received a ‘deconfliction’ notice, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
But no direct contact was made between the Trump administration and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Tillerson emphasizing that they did not seek approval from Moscow.
The Kremlin said Putin regretted harm done to the Russia-US relationship after the strikes.
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