Daily Mail: Russia vows to shoot down US rockets with its lethal anti-aircraft missiles: Deadly S-400 'ring of steel' protects Assad as Moscow accuses Trump of trying to cover up 'faked' gas attack
* US President Donald Trump has warned Russia to 'get ready' for strikes on Syria in an extraordinary tweet
* Trump told Moscow 'You shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it'
* US has maintained the threat of missile strikes in the wake of Saturday's horrific chemical attack in Douma
* Russia ambassador to Lebanon says US missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and launch sites targeted
* The air traffic control agency Eurocontrol has warned of the use of missiles in the area 'in the next 72 hours'
* World Health Organisation said today that 500 people went to hospitals showing 'symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals' after the poison gas attack on the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma on Saturday
Russia has vowed to shoot down any US missiles aimed at Syria using its lethal anti-aircraft system amid mounting tensions between Moscow and Washington.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime is protected by fearsome S-400 defence missiles in a 'ring of steel' around the country provided by the Kremlin.
This morning, Moscow's ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, said any US rockets fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted.
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