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France has not declared war on Syria regime: Emmanuel Macron

Macron said that France's air strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack were not a declaration of war against the Damascus regime.

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PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron said today that France's air strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack were not a declaration of war against the Damascus regime.

"We have not declared war on the regime of Bashar al-Assad," Macron said in a television interview, a day after France joined the United States and Britain in launching strikes.

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