The US, UK and France have launched more than 100 missiles against what they say were Syrian chemical weapons facilities in response to a chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb a week ago. The White House assessment also claimed there was “reliable information indicating coordination between Syrian military officials before the attack”. Macron confirmed that France was involved in the airstrikes, saying the French role would be limited to Syria’s chemical weapons facilities. “So there is no practicable alternative to the use of force to degrade and deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. It is not about regime change.”The decision to launch a military strike in response to last Saturday’s chemical weapons attack in a rebel-held district of Damascus was fraught with risks.

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2018 01:45 UTC