NATO to hold emergency meeting over Syria strikes
The United States, France and Britain will brief NATO envoys on Saturday about their coordinated air strikes on Syrian government targets overnight, an official said.
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 14 April 2018
- Modified Date: 02:19 | 14 April 2018
NATO will convene an emergency meeting on Syria to discuss the U.S.-led airstrikes against the Assad regime in Syria, an official from the alliance told Anadolu Agency on Saturday.
The official said NATO's North Atlantic Council will meet at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels this afternoon.
Representatives of the U.K, France and the U.S. will inform the council about the airstrikes in Syria, the source added.
Earlier on Saturday, the U.S., U.K. and France launched airstrikes on the Assad regime's alleged chemical weapons facilities in the country.
On April 7, the White Helmets, a civil defense agency, accused the Assad regime of an alleged chemical attack, which it said killed 78 civilians and injured hundreds of others.
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