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| Future strikes on Syria a ‘possibility’– White House | Future strikes on Syria a ‘possibility’– White House |
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| The US leaves open the possibility to conduct new missile strikes on Syria in case of chemical attacks on civilians, White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said at a news conference. | The US leaves open the possibility to conduct new missile strikes on Syria in case of chemical attacks on civilians, White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said at a news conference. |
| “The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action,” Spicer stated. | |
| READ MORE: ‘$64 question: Where is US evidence Assad behind Idlib chemical attack?’ | |
| On April 6, US missiles struck Shayrat Airbase located in the Syrian province of Homs. Washington claimed it is where Syrian jets armed with alleged chemical weapons took off to launch an assault on a rebel-held town in north-western Idlib province on April, 4. Damascus has denied any such allegations. | |
| A total of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from US Navy ships stationed in the Eastern Mediterranean, but only 23 of them reached their targets, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. | |
| The Syrian government noted that its Air Force attacked an arms depot where chemical weapons might have been stockpiled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front militants. | |
| The majority of the victims killed in the US “retaliation” attack were local villagers, according to Homs governor Talal al-Barazi. | |
| Fourteen people, including nine civilians, were killed in the bombardment, the official claimed. | |
| Moscow emphasized that Syria had destroyed its chemical weapons stockpiles which was confirmed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). |