Macron: France Will Strike on Syria if Chemical Weapons Used

• 02.14.2018, 14:26
•  Europe,  Near East,  World

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President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that "France will strike" if chemical weapons are used against civilians in the Syrian conflict in violation of international treaties, but that he had not yet seen proof this was the case, Reuters reports.

"On chemical weapons, I set a red line and I reaffirm that red line,” Macron told reporters. "If we have proven evidence that chemical weapons proscribed in treaties are used, we will strike the place where they are made."

"Today, our agencies, our armed forces have not established that chemical weapons, as set out in treaties, have been used against the civilian population."