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Assad bears sole responsibility for US strike:Merkel, Hollande

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AFP Berlin
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement today.

"After the chemical weapons massacre of April 4 on Khan Sheikhun in northwestern Syria, a military installation of the Syrian regime was destroyed by a US air strike last night," they said. "President Assad bears sole responsibility for this development.
 

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First Published: Apr 07 2017 | 1:57 PM IST

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