Macron threatens to attack Syria over chemical weapons

France will launch attacks if proof emerges that the Syrian regime has used banned chemical weapons against its civilians, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, according to the AFP news agency.

"We will strike the place where these launches are made or where they are organized," Macron was quoted as having told the presidential press corps.

At the same time, he added, that “today our services have not established proof that proscribed chemical weapons have been used against civilian populations."

"As soon as such proof is established, I will do what I said," Macron warned, while adding that "the priority is the fight against the terrorists, the jihadists".

The Syrian regime itself, either during or after the conflict, “will be answerable to international justice," he added.

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