Sentences with phrase «weapons attack saturday»
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Saturday's strikes by the U.S., Britain and France were in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian military in eastern Ghouta.
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WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targetting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.
U.S., British and French forces pounded Iran's ally Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in retaliation for a suspected April 7 chemical weapons attack, which they blame on Syrian President Bashar al - Assad's government.
US government sources said Washington's assessment of the Saturday attack was that chemical weapons were used.
Inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog OPCW were due to try to visit Douma later on Saturday to inspect the site of the suspected gas attack.
WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 (Reuters)- Western powers said on Saturday their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria's chemical weapons program, but the restrained assault appeared unlikely to shift the course of the 7 - year - old civil war.
«Chemical weapons have once again been used on Syrian men, women and children,» Haley said at Monday's meeting to discuss what appeared to be a chemical attack on Douma, the last rebel - held town in Syria, on Saturday that left 49 people dead and scores injured.
The measures come as President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond «forcefully» to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians.
Giving a statement at the White House, Mr Trump said the strikes were in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma last Saturday - which killed up to 75 people, including children - and would send a clear message to his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al - Assad.
Baba Rahman's natural pace and power was an additional attacking weapon on Saturday but the young defender looked more comfortable on the offensive than trying to deal with Shaqiri in the Chelsea half.
In the fight that broke early Saturday morning, the two sides attacked each other with machetes and other weapons.