The media reported sending two US destroyers to Syria. Political scientist Ildus Yarulin on air radio Sputnik explained the motives of US behavior.

The second American destroyer can reach the Mediterranean Sea within a few days, the USS Donald Cook destroyer is already in the region, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources in the defense department.

"The US already has one USS Donald Cook destroyer in the east of the Mediterranean, from where it can participate in any attack on Syria ... The second, USS Porter, can get there in a few days," the newspaper said.

Earlier, the Washington Examiner reported, referring to a source in the Pentagon, that the destroyer USS Donald Cook left the port in Cyprus on Monday and headed towards Syria.

It is noted that the ship is equipped with 60 cruise missiles "Tomahawk". In turn, the Turkish edition of the Hurriyet reported that the destroyer flew at least four times Russian combat aircraft, but the Pentagon later denied this information.

Doctor of Political Science, professor of the Pacific State University Ildus Yarulin on the air of the radio Sputnik suggested why Americans behave this way in the eastern Mediterranean.

"Firstly, the Americans want to know what is happening in the Syrian port of Tartus - we have a navy supply point there, and secondly, they are trying to create such a situation that once again accuse Russia of the fact that it is almost an aggressor country.Now Americans need any scandal: they are actively involved in the "business of the Violins", they began to expel diplomats - and now they once again want to accuse Russia of some fictitious violations, all this is in line with the policy pursued by the US in relation to There are forces interested in how about the deterioration of relations with our country.This is an old idea that has always been with Americans - to turn Russia into a country that is a "threat to the whole world." They need to keep the whole world tense all the time.This is zombification, fooling the masses: if there is no reason, therefore, it must be created, "said Ildus Yarulin.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump accused Russia and Iran of supporting the Syrian leader Bashar Assad against the backdrop of information on the chemical attack in the city of the Duma and promised within 24-48 hours to decide on the response to the use of chemical weapons.

Moscow and Damascus denied reports of a chlorine bomb allegedly dropped by the Syrian military. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the goal of the throw-in on the use of poisonous substances by the troops of Syria is to shield the terrorists and justify possible power strikes from outside.

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