function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); White House press secretary Sean Spicer reacted to what appears to be Syrias worst chemical attack in years by blaming former President Barack Obama.Todays chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world, Spicer said on Tuesday. These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administrations weakness and irresolution.President Obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing, Spicer continued. The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this intolerable act.Meanwhile, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blatantly ignored questions from reporters about the attack.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today ignored a question when asked for comment about the Syria chemical attack pic.twitter.com/DVVGlWkK9y Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 4, 2017 Tuesdays attack left scores dead in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. According to medical relief organization UOSSM, at least a hundred people were killed and 400 others were injured. It was the worst such attack since 2013.Syria has repeatedly been under investigation for targeting civilians and opposition forces with chemical weapons. The Syrian government agreed in 2013 to a U.S.-Russian brokered deal to get rid of its chemical weapons stockpile. Tuesdays victims hadsymptoms that often result from chemical attacks,such as foaming at the mouth. Many of the victims were were women and children, as well as people being treated at a local hospital.U.S. allies, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, sharply criticized the Syrian government over the attack.May called for an investigation into the incident and said, If proven, this will be further evidence of the barbarism of the Syrian regime.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the international community should work to fully and finally remove these horrible weapons from Syria.There's no, none, no excuse whatsoever for the deliberate attacks on civilians and on children > Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) April 4, 2017 Spicers comments on Tuesday come after a week of confusion about the Trumps administrations position on Assads future.Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called the Syrian president a war criminal whos done disgusting things to his own people at a press conference in New York City on Monday. We have no love for Assad. Weve made that very clear, Haley said, according to Reuters.But Haleys statement came just days after she suggested the U.S. was softening its stance on Assad. Our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out, she told a group of reporters on Thursday. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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