US with allies launch airstrikes on targets in Syria as punishment for Assad
The United States with its French and British allies have struck targets in Syria as punishment for Syrian leader Bashar Assad allegedly using chemical weapons against his own people.
President Donald J. Trump announced the combined force launched precision strikes against the chemical weapons capabilities.
Tonight, @POTUS ordered the U.S. Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on sites associated w/ the chemical weapons capabilities of the #Assad regime in #Syria. This comes in response to the #Douma attack, which was a significant escalation of a pattern of chemical weapons use.— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) April 14, 2018
This is the second time the United States struck Assad’s chemical network. In April 2017, Trump ordered an attack against the Shayrat airbase after Syrian aircraft at the base dropped bombs containing the nerve agent sarin. Some 58 missiles hit the aircraft and chemical weapons facilities at the base.
President Donald J. Trump addressed the nation to announce a combined operation- with the United Kingdom and France- of precision strikes against sites associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of the Assad regime in Syria.
Trump elaborating the aim of the strikes said, "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread, and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States."Tonight, @POTUS Donald J. Trump addressed the nation to announce a combined operation- with the #UnitedKingdom and #France- of precision strikes against sites associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of the #Assad regime in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/m0H3Pk8Dh1— Department of State (@StateDept) April 14, 2018
State Department's Spokesperson Heather Nauert said, "Our response, in coordination with our allies, France and the UnitedKingdom, integrates all elements of are our national power- military, economic and diplomatic- and will establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread, and use of chemical weapons."
She thanks allies for their contributions and support. "We pray for our troops as they carry out their mission, for those suffering in #Syria and for the region to bring a future of dignity and peace."
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May while justifying the action said, "We have sought to use every possible diplomatic channel to achieve this. But our efforts have been repeatedly thwarted. Even this week the Russians vetoed a Resolution at the UN Security Council which would have established an independent investigation into the Douma attack." "So there is no practicable alternative to the use of force to degrade and deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Regime. This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change."
The Prime Minister @theresa_may has made a statement on Syria: https://t.co/bBfYyowUIo pic.twitter.com/QlTeFXmOkt— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) April 14, 2018
President @EmmanuelMacron has ordered French armed forces to intervene in Syria, in an international operation with the US and the UK targeting the Syrian regime's clandestine chemical weapons arsenal.— French Embassy U.S. (@franceintheus) April 14, 2018
Read the full statement (in French) pic.twitter.com/E7b6h1JblU
US Vice President Mike Pence said, "America and our allies will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against men, women and children. God bless our courageous troops & allies.""Tonight, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States took decisive action to strike the Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure... Together, we have sent a clear message to Assad and his murderous lieutenants that they should not perpetrate another chemical weapons attack." pic.twitter.com/rgVvQG05Or— Department of State (@StateDept) April 14, 2018
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