The Pentagon has commented on the US missile attack, which had been conducted jointly with its allies Britain and France, shortly after President Donald Trump hailed the strikes, saying that the “mission is accomplished.”
According to Pentagon’s spokesperson Dana W. White, the Western missile attack doesn’t mean the change of Washington’s policy toward Syria.
The US has not seen any military response from actors in Syria after the airstrike, no indication that Russian defense systems were employed during the strike, Pentagon’s spokesperson said.
She added that no Syrian weapon had any effect on the US operation.
As the US Department of Defense has claimed, preliminary estimations suggested that the goal of the US operation in Syria had been achieved without major obstacles from Damascus.
Dana W. White said that the US was very confident about intelligence, evidence before strike on Syria.
Deconfliction channel with Russia operated routinely before and after strike on Syria, the spokesperson said.
According to Pentagon, operation in Syria was very successful, objectives met, mission accomplished.
Pentagon said that Syrian forces have lost a lot of equipment, material associated with chemical weapons.
Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom, the United States and France launched strikes at Syria over reports of a chemical attack in the city of Douma. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the three countries fired over 100 cruise as well as air-to-surface missiles.
Damascus has rejected all the allegations, noting that all chemical stockpiles were destroyed, which was confirmed by the OPCW. No evidence of Damascus’ involvement in the reported chemical incident was presented, with a probe due to start on April 14.