Germany says it won't take part in Syria strike
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Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany won't participate in possible military action in Syria, but supports sending a message that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable.
Merkel stressed the importance of a united position in the face of a suspected chemical weapons attack that the West is blaming on President Bashar Assad's forces. She said she spoke Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Merkel said in Berlin: "Germany will not take part in possible military action—I want to make clear again that there are no decisions—but we see, and support this, that everything is being done to send a signal that this use of chemical weapons is not acceptable."
