Khan Sheikhoun
The U.S. is "extremely concerned" about reports that Syrian forces recently used chlorine gas as a weapon in attacks in the eastern Ghouta area of Syria.
Britain accused Russia on Thursday of carrying out a "thinly veiled political attack" against the head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog.
The Syrian army and its allies launched air strikes against rebels north of the city of Hama on Thursday after recapturing villages lost to the insurgents in the week.
The United States struck a Syrian airbase in the early hours of Friday morning in retaliation for news of an alleged chemical missiles attack last Tuesday by Syrian government forces on the town of Khan Shaykhun.
A Wednesday statement by Egypt’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwestern Syria.
