Syrian rebels say they do not rule out the possibility of another chemical weapons attack by President Bashar Assad' s government – even after punitive U. S. missile strikes after the attack in April.
Syrian rebels say they do not rule out the possibility of another chemical weapons attack by President Bashar Assad’s government – even after punitive U. S. missile strikes after the attack in April. Jamil Saleh, the commander of the rebel Jaysh al-Ezzah faction, on Tuesday called for renewed airstrikes on the Shayrat Air Base in central Syria, where the United States alleges the government is preparing another chemical attack. The U. S. struck the base in April after a gas attack killed 89 people in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwestern Syria. The U. S. says that attack was launched from the Shayrat air base. It was the second nerve gas attack the U. S. has attributed to the Syrian government since 2013. Saleh says “there are a million reasons for striking Assad.”Mohamad Abo Zayd, spokesman for the Turkish-backed rebel Ahrar al-Sham faction, says his group had no indication the government was preparing another attack, but that it doesn’t “rule anything out.”
