Following the decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, National Security Adviser John Bolton reportedly cautioned the Syrian government on Saturday that the drawdown should not be viewed as an opening to use chemical weapons. The U.S. official was traveling to Israel when he expressed there was “absolutely no change” in the U.S.’s stance on the matter of chemical weapons, according to The Wall Street Journal. “We've tried twice through the use of military force to demonstrate to the Assad regime the use of chemical weapons is not acceptable,” the official said, The Associated Press reported. US OFFICIALS HEAD TO MIDEAST AMID TENSION OVER SYRIA PULLOUTIn December, he announced the plan to pull American troops out of Syria. Bolton’s trip to Israel is aimed at calming that ally's concerns regarding the Syria troop pullout, AP said.

Source: Fox News January 06, 2019 01:56 UTC