US accuses Syrian government of fresh chemical weapon attack http://bit.ly/2JwOhZ9 Reuters State department says it will respond ‘quickly and appropriately’ if use of chlorine is proven The US says it has seen signs the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including an alleged chlorine attack on Sunday in the north-west, warning that Washington and its allies would respond if this were proven. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Tuesday: “We are still gathering information on [Sunday’s] incident, but we repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately.” Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 22, 2019 at 07:39AM

State department says it will respond ‘quickly and appropriately’ if use of chlorine is proven

The US says it has seen signs the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including an alleged chlorine attack on Sunday in the north-west, warning that Washington and its allies would respond if this were proven.

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Tuesday: “We are still gathering information on [Sunday’s] incident, but we repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately.”

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