EXTERNAL ACTION / Syria

G7 supports US, French and British action in response to suspected chemical attack of Assad regime on 7 April

Brussels, 17/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

In a statement published on Tuesday 17 April, the leaders of the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and USA) and the EU gave their support to the airstrikes conducted by the USA, France and UK on 13 April against three sites linked to the chemical weapons programme of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime, in response to a suspected chemical attack in Douma on 7 April.

"We (...) are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the use of chemical weapons in the April 7...