more-inAll evidence points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being behind a suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 killed in a rebel-held town, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Wednesday. “All the evidence I have seen suggests this was the Assad regime... using illegal weapons on their own people,” Mr. Johnson said as he arrived for a Syria aid conference in Brussels. Mr. Assad's future role is a key sticking point — the rebels and their international backers demand that he must step down. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini urged the international community to press ahead with the peace talks, which were made even more urgent after Tuesday's suspected chemical weapons attack. “We need to give a push, a strong push to the political talks in Geneva.

Source: The Hindu April 05, 2017 07:18 UTC