Israel has struck targets inside Syria on multiple occasions throughout the country’s seven-year war, including those linked to Iran and Hezbollah or to Assad’s chemical weapons programme. The raid came as worldwide outrage mounted over a reported chemical weapons attack on a militant-controlled town outside the Syrian capital. Trump had earlier taken to Twitter to issue a blistering warning to the Syrian regime and its allies. Damascus and its allies have denounced the accusations, with the Syrian regime brushing them off as an “unconvincing broken record”. The reports prompted international anger, with UN chief Antonio Guterres saying any confirmed use of chemical weapons would be ‘abhorrent’.

Source: The Express Tribune April 09, 2018 06:11 UTC