Austin, Texas (CNN) Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, would not say Sunday whether she believes Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is a war criminal. "I think that the evidence needs to be gathered and, as I have said before, if there is evidence that he has committed war crimes, he should be prosecuted as such," Gabbard said at a CNN town hall Sunday. Gabbard also said last month that Assad is "not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States." When moderator Dana Bash asked if Gabbard is unsure whether Assad is a war criminal now, she said: "Everything that I have said requires that we take action based on evidence. (If) the evidence is there, there should be accountability."

Source: CNN March 11, 2019 02:15 UTC