In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, speaks during a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Moallem told reporters Thursday that it didn’t use chemical weapons in Tuesday’s deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria’s northern Idlib province, and he blamed the rebels for stockpiling the deadly substance. Moallem said any investigative mission would need to take off from Dama…
April 6, 2017
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Pressure builds on Syria's Assad; US launches missiles
BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad’s government came under mounting international pressure after a chemical attack in northern Syria, with even key ally Russia saying its support is not unconditional and the U.S. launching a barrage of cruise missiles at a government-controlled air base in Syria.