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La Russie, l'Iran et le Hezbollah s'unissent pour défendre le régime syrien

La Russie, l'Iran et le Hezbollah s'unissent pour défendre le régime syrien

L'alliance militaire constituée par la Russie, l'Iran et le Hezbollah libanais a promis dimanche d'apporter un soutien accru à l'armée du président syrien Bachar Al-Assad après les tirs de missiles américains contre une base aérienne syrienne.

Dans un communiqué, le centre de commandement conjoint des alliés de Damas accuse Washington d'avoir franchi une « ligne rouge » en bombardant la Syrie.

L'alliance, dit le communiqué relayé par l'organe médiatique Ilam Al Harbi, s'engage à « répondre à partir de maintenant avec force à tout agresseur ou tout franchissement de ligne rouge par qui que ce soit ».

« L'Amérique connaît notre capacité à répondre comme il se doit », ajoute-t-elle en qualifiant « d'illégale » la présence de soldats américains dans le nord de la Syrie, qu'elle qualifie de « forces d'occupation ».

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine et son homologue iranien Hassan Rohani se sont entretenus dimanche au téléphone à ce sujet et ont convenu que les « actes agressifs » des États-Unis contre la Syrie étaient « inacceptables », rapporte pour sa part le Kremlin.

Moscou et Téhéran réclament une enquête « impartiale » sur l'usage présumé d'armes chimiques contre des civils dans la province d'Idlib, invoqué par Washington pour justifier ses bombardements, poursuit la présidence russe.

Les deux pays sont prêts à renforcer leur coopération pour lutter contre le terrorisme et assurer la stabilité du Proche-Orient, ajoute le Kremlin.

À Washington, le chef de la diplomatie américaine Rex Tillerson a pour sa part répété dimanche pendant l'émission This Week de la chaîne ABC que les États-Unis avaient décidé de frapper l'armée syrienne en raison de l'inaction russe et de « l'échec de Moscou à respecter ses engagements auprès de la communauté internationale » en matière de contrôle des armes chimiques.

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Attaque chimique en Syrie
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: Bodies of chlorine gas victims are seen after Assad Regime forces attacked with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Sadduldin Zaidan /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (credit:Ammar Abdullah / Reuters)
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A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (credit:Ammar Abdullah / Reuters)
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: A wounded kid receives medical treatment at sahra hospital after Assad Regime forces's attack with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Abdulghani Arian/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: A wounded kid waits for the treatment at sahra hospital after Assad Regime forces's attack with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Abdulghani Arian/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: Wounded kids wait for the treatment at sahra hospital after Assad Regime forces's attack with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Abdulghani Arian/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Body of a baby is seen after Assad Regime forces's attack with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A Syrian man receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017.Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour (Photo credit should read MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR via Getty Images)
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A Syrian man in taken by civil defence workers following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour (Photo credit should read MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR via Getty Images)
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A Syrian man receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour (Photo credit should read MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR via Getty Images)
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A Syrian child receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour (Photo credit should read MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR via Getty Images)
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: Children get treatment at a hospital after Assad Regime forces attacked with chlorine gas to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Mohammed Karkas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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