特朗普下令對敘利亞實施打擊

The United States and European allies launched strikes against Syrian targets, President Trump announced on Friday, seeking to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus that killed more than 40 people.

美國總統特朗普週五宣佈，美國和歐洲盟國對敘利亞目標實施了精確打擊，以懲罰敘利亞總統阿薩德在大馬士革附近實施的一起疑似化學武器襲擊事件，該事件造成了40餘人死亡。

Mr. Trump said Britain and France had joined the United States in the strikes, which he said were underway.

英國和法國加入了此次行動。

“These are not the actions of a man. They are crimes of a monster instead,” Mr. Trump, in a televised nighttime address from the White House Diplomatic Room, said of the Syrian attacks last weekend that he blamed on Mr. Assad.

特朗普稱，此次打擊的目的是阻止敘利亞化學武器的生產、傳播和使用，他稱之爲“美國的重要國家安全利益”。

He said the strikes of precision weapons sought to deter the production, spread and use of chemical weapons, which he called “a vital national security interest of the United States.”

此次襲擊事件有可能使美國陷入敘利亞複雜的多邊戰爭，特朗普上週才表示他不想捲入敘利亞爭端。襲擊事件還增加了美國與俄羅斯和伊朗對抗的可能性，俄羅斯和伊朗均在敘利亞部署了支持阿薩德的軍事力量。