Photo: DPASyrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement on Friday. "After the chemical weapons massacre of April 4th on Khan Sheikhun in northwestern Syria, a military installation of the Syrian regime was destroyed by a US air strike last night," they said. "President Assad bears sole responsibility for this development." Merkel had said on Thursday that there were indications that the Syrian regime was responsible for the suspected chemical attack which left scores dead. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday that the US air strike was "understandable", but urged a political solution to the conflict.

Source: The Local April 07, 2017 08:15 UTC