would be coordinated with allies France and the US. The cabinet agreed that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad had a track record of using chemical weapons and was “highly likely” to have been behind last Saturday’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma. During the meeting yesterday, in which every member of Ms May’s top
Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed on the need to “take action” to deter the use of chemical weapons in Syria, ahead of an expected military strike on regime targets. Downing Street said an “international response”
team is said to have spoken, the prime minister said the incident was a “shocking and barbaric act” which killed dozens of innocent people. Military forces from Britain, France and the United States are already in place to strike, with others said to be manoeuvring into position. Russia has said that it will protect its personnel in Syria.