La France it is "ready to punish" those responsible for last Wednesday's chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus. This was assured by the French president, François Hollande, speaking before the Conference of French ambassadors. The number one of the Elysée reiterated that there will be an answer to the "massacre" caused by the "chemical" attack. The war in Syria, Hollande warned, "threaten world peace".
Paris thus joins the United States and Great Britain, which already in the previous hours had hinted that they wanted to launch the attack in the next few days.
According to the NBC, which questioned a Washington official, American missiles could be launched against Damascus "Thursday at the earliest“. It would be a kind of blitzkrieg, which should last”three days“. Chuck Hagel, US Defense Secretary, confirmed that the US is "ready to act".
Meanwhile, the spokesman for the British prime minister's office David Cameron he said the UK is also preparing plans for possible military action in Syria.
The British premier announced that he would convene Parliament on Thursday for a vote on "response to chemical weapons attacks".
For his part, the Italian Foreign Minister, Emma Bonino, made it known that "Italy will not actively take part in military actions deliberated and implemented outside the context of the Security Council, which remains the only and indispensable legal framework".
