“At this time, the Department of Defense is not conducting air strikes in Syria,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Israel has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of the conflict, hitting convoys and bases of Iranian-backed militias that fight alongside Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s forces. The Syrian opposition blamed the suspected chemical attack on Saturday in the town of Douma on government forces. “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. The European Union also said evidence pointed to the use of chemical weapons by Assad’s forces.

Source: New Strait Times April 09, 2018 06:00 UTC