Photo: APWashington/Beirut: The US, UK and France launched targeted missile strikes on Syria in retaliation for an apparent chemical attack by the regime of Bashar al-Assad on a rebel town. President Donald Trump said the missile strikes were focused on chemical weapons sites and he made clear that the US is prepared to sustain the strikes until Syria stops using those weapons. Trump blasted Iran and Russia for supporting Assad’s regime, particularly in the wake of the suspected chemical attack. ”But the Middle East is a troubled place.”Last April, Trump ordered a cruise missile strike against a Syrian airbase last April after a similar chemical weapons attack on civilians. Before reports of the latest chemical attack, Trump said the American military would be withdrawing from Syria “very soon,” once the defeat of Islamic State militants was secured.

Source: Mint April 14, 2018 03:11 UTC