Syria’s renewed use of chemical weapons against its own people at the weekend is shameless and barbaric. Dozens of people in the remaining rebel-held suburbs of Damascus were suffocated by Saturday’s chemical attack on the Douma district. Yet Bashar al-Assad has again used chemical weapons for two reasons that shame others, as well as him. A week ago Mr Trump countermanded that, saying “it’s time” to bring US troops home. On Sunday Mr Trump threatened that Mr Assad would pay a “big price”.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2018 17:07 UTC