Ashar al-Assad bears 'sole responsibility' for US strike: Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase.

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 Friday.

"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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