Turkey welcomes US missile attack against Assad airbase

Turkey welcomes the U.S. missile attack against the Assad regime airbase in Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack on civilians in Idlib, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Friday.

Kurtulmuş said that Turkey hopes U.S. operation in Syria contributes to achieving peace, and that the process must be accelerated.

"The barbarism of the Assad regime must be stopped as soon as possible" Kurtulmuş said, adding that the international community should take action in this regard.

Kurtulmuş continued by saying that establishing safe zones in Syria seems more probable during the Trump administration. However, he noted that it will not stop the war but will contribute to reduce damages on civilians.

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered missile attacks on an Assad regime air base in Syria, a few days after a brutal chemical weapons attack by the regime killed at least 100 civilians, including children.

Trump had said that Assad has crossed the line many times and that he would take action.