chlorine in duma. no other group could have carried out the attack. the fact that this attack should surprise no one. we know the syrian regime has an abhorrent record of using chemical weapons against its own people. on 21 august, 2013, over 800 people were killed and thousands injured in a chemical attack. and prior to that summer. on 4 april last year the syrian regime used sarah and against its people, killing 100 and based on the regime s consistent pattern of behavior and cumulative analysis of specific instances we judge it is highly likely the syrian regime has
normalized in syria, on the streets of the uk or elsewhere. we must reinstate the global consensus that chemical weapons cannot be used. this action is absolutely in britain s national interest. the lesson of history is whether global rules and standards that keep us safe come under threat, we must take a stand and defend some. that is what our country has always done and what we will continue to do. i will take a number of questions. thank you, prime minister. your logic is the chemical attack must not go unpunished. will you do the same again if bashar al-assad does the same again as you suggested he has?
by air force bombers and fighter jets. joseph dunford discussed the targets that were selected. we conducted strikes with two allies that result in long-term degradation in syria s capability to research and deploy chemical and biological weapons. important infrastructure was destroyed which will result in a setback for the syrian regime. they will lose years of research and developing data, specialized equipment and chemical weapons precursors. this was a strong message to the regime that their actions were inexcusable and also inflicted maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civilians. kelly: let s go to connor powell live from jerusalem. reporter: the pentagon firing 100 missiles into syria just
impossible to prevent civilian casualties. together we prepared specific and limited targets, a chemical weapons storage and production facility, a key chemical weapons research center and chemical weapons attacks. and would significantly research, development and deploy chemical weapons. a year ago after the atrocity, the us conducted a strike on the airfield, stopping the effect on chemical weapons. they were significantly larger year ago and specifically designed for greater impact on the capability on
action. teresa may addressing airstrikes in syria carried out by the us, uk and france and she stated this is not about civil war regime change but trying to save lives from chemical attacks adding significantly degrading these weapons, she wanted to say we are putting the point across we must degrade and deter bashar al-assad from using chemical weapons again. let s go back to the founder of the national security institute and bring in the former assistant secretary of defense and special forces officer. we watched what she and she talked about the past 100 years there has been a standard about not wanting to use chemical weapons and everyone should respect that but she said it is getting so bad that it is happening on the streets of the uk speaking specifically of the former