Russia tells US risk of war over Syria is real

Source: Newsweek Magazine



RUSSIA TELLS U.S. RISK OF DIRECT CLASH OVER SYRIA IS REAL AND CANNOT EXCLUDE WAR

BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 4/13/18 AT 7:41 AM

As the U.S. continues threatening military action against Damascus, Syria's key ally, Russia, has voiced its concerns that the standoff might spill over into a wider Russian-American war.

“We cannot exclude any possibilities, unfortunately,” Vasily Nebenzya, Russian Ambassador to the U.N. said, when asked about the odds of a war between the U.S. and Russia, state news agency Itar-Tass reported.

The Kremlin has stressed that the safety of its personnel in Syria is paramount though Nebenzya issued no specific threat of retaliation, urging instead that “the immediate priority is to evade the risk of war.”

Speaking to Russian state-news channel Rossiya-24, the diplomat said that keeping communication channels could be way to avoid wider altercation. "We are relying on the level-headedness not only of American politicians but of the American military, who understand perfectly the danger of a clash between two superpowers. This danger exists—that much is obvious. I hope and I would like to believe that we are farther rather than closer (to war), but we do not know this.”

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