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Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this had been “observed and confirmed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a special UN unit.”

The US air strikes on Syria have been blasted by the Russian foreign ministry, which has called for an emergency meeting of the UN security council.

It claims that it is obvious that the US strike was prepared before the alleged chemical attack in Idlib. It has suspended air safety agreement with the USA.

According to the head of the Defence Committee in the Russian upper house of parliament, Trump's strikes will “undermine efforts to fight terror” in the country.

Speaking hours after US missile destroyers fired 59 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian airbase, Viktor Ozerov said the Kremlin are now seeking an urgent UN Security Council meeting to quell tensions.

Ozerov said: “This could be viewed as an act of aggression of the US against a UN nation,” according to local media reports.

Hours before the strikes, a Russian official warned Trump to avoid launching a strike against Bashar al-Assad’s regime or they could face “negative consequences”.