The U.S. will coordinate attacks with France and the U.K. on the Syrian regime if Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons again, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has said.
John Bolton said Washington was working with Paris and London on plans to team up and target troops loyal to Assad currently engaged in an offensive in the northwest of Syria where it has dropped dozens of barrel bombs and Russia has launched more than 70 airstrikes.
“We’ve been in consultation with the British and the French, who joined us in the second strike, and they also agree that another use of chemical weapons will result in a much stronger response,” Bolton said after giving a speech in Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported.