The US is "locked and loaded" if Syria uses chemical weapons again, America's UN envoy Nikki Haley said today. The US and its allies France and Britain launched air strikes, targeting sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons capabilities. Haley said she had spoken to President Trump, who said if the Syrian regime uses "this poison gas" again, the United States is "locked and loaded". Haley said the US successfully hit the heart of Syria's chemical weapons enterprise, and because of these actions, it is confident that it has crippled Syria's chemical weapons programme. Guterres said the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and called on the members of the Security Council to unite and exercise that responsibility.

Source: dna April 14, 2018 17:26 UTC