Kerry: 10 countries pledged to participate in a U.S. strike against Syria
The Minister of State , John Kerry , on Wednesday , that at least 10 countries pledged to participate in a U.S. military intervention in Syria , but he did not identify and did not mention what the roles that have been carried out .
France and Turkey are the most prominent military powers that stand behind President Barack Obama. The French parliament discussed the issue of Syria Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande is not obliged to request approval of military action .
Kerry said at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives that it is unlikely to lead a U.S. military strike to Syria as punishment for the use of chemical weapons to clash with Russia.
He continued to lawmakers : " The Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Sergei Lavrov ) ... that Russia does not intend to go to war because of Syria."
He added that Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear in the discussions that " Syria does not live up to this level of conflict."
Russia is an important supplier of weapons to the government of President Bashar al-Assad , said in June that it formed a naval force of 16 warships and three helicopters stationed on the ships , the first permanent naval presence in the region since the Soviet era.
Moscow announced last week that it will send two ships to the eastern Mediterranean in the framework of the normal rotation process . And U.S. military officials downplayed Such a move, saying that the Russians are switched ships in the framework of the rotation as the Americans do .
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia may agree to a military operation in Syria if it is proven that they carried out attacks with chemical weapons , but he stressed that the process would be illegal without the consent of the United Nations.
