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Syrian children receive treatment in the town of Maaret al-Noman, following a suspected chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017 (AFP Photo/Mohamed al-Bakour)
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US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley delivers remarks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
US: Russia Isolates itself When Backing Assad Crimes
The United States told Russia at the United Nations on Wednesday that is it isolating itself by continuing to support Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad, while Britain said its scientists found sarin was used in a deadly toxic gas attack on Syrian civilians last week....Caption:
A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
The Chemical Attack a Test for Trump
Regardless that it is prohibited under any circumstances, we couldn’t find a reasonable justification for the Syrian regime use of chemical weapons against civilians in Idlib. The regime forces were not in a critical point there, the targeted site is not a strategic...Caption:
White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump Administration Blames Syria Chemical Attack on Obama ‘Irresolution’
The White House on Tuesday blamed a deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province on the regime led by authoritarian Bashar al-Assad and said the incident was “reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world.” “These...Caption:
A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah