Following the suspected attack, US President Donald Trump launched air strikes against a Syrian government air base, and branded Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad a "dictator" who had "launched a awful chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians".
LONDON, United Kingdom -UK foreign Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled a planned visit to Moscow in the wake of the developments in Syria where the Syrian regime stands accused of carrying out a chemical weapons attack against its own population in the northwestern rebel-held city of Idlib, killing 89 people, including children last week.
A day before, defending the United States strikes on a Syrian air base suspected of using chemical weapons, Haley warned the Assad regime of more strikes if it did not stop using chemical weapons against innocent civilians.
Former President Barack Obama had turned back from military intervention against the Assad regime in 2013 and President Donald Trump has been opposed to USA involvement in the Syrian civil war. The change in direction comes in response to reports that Assad used chemical weapons against civilians, which President Trump said had crossed a line with him.
We are working with our parties and allies to magnify the effects of this strike to - and then to build momentum toward ultimately resolving the civil war, defeating ISIS and bringing the peace and security back to this region and to the Syrian people.
Tillerson spoke days before he will make the Trump administration's first official trip to Russian Federation, a staunch Assad ally.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Russian Federation failed to live up to its agreement in a chemical weapons accord.
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Responding to Johnson's announcement, Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova described his reasons as "absurd", according to Russian news agency Interfax.
The president may view the attack as a success if the use of chemical weapons stops.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a United Kingdom monitoring group, told Newsweekthat the attack had been carried out either by Russian Federation or by President Bashar Assad's regime.
John McCain (R-AZ) said the administration of President Donald Trump was "probably was partially to blame", for the deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria.
Iran is one of the biggest supporters of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Sir Michael said Mr Assad must depart and the search for stability begin. Assad accused the US of trying to boost the morale of "terror groups" in Syria.
Rather, the U.S. Tomahawk missile strike was meant to be "a strong signal" to Syria not to use chemical weapons again.
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