MARIAM ZAIDI BRUSSELS The EU has fully backed the coordinated missile strike by the US, the UK and France on Syria, calling it unavoidable and appropriate. Jens Stoltenberg confirmed NATO's full support for the joint military action.
JENS STOLTENBERG NATO CHIEF "All NATO allies expressed full support for the last night's actions, which was intended to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapon stability and to deter further chemical weapon attacks against the people of Syria. NATO strongly condemned the repeated use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime."