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Germany could join a military alliance with the US, UK, and France if Syria tries another chemical attack
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Against the backdrop of potential chemical attacks by the Syrian regime in the province of Idlib, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen is exploring how Germany can engage in military retaliatory actions against the army of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
BILD has learned the German Ministry of Defense is considering participating in the alliance of the USA, Great Britain and France in the future, but only if Assad troops were to use chemical weapons against their own population again. In April 2018, the three powers flew air attacks against selected targets of the regime after the Syrian army attacked the city of Duma, near the capital Damascus, with chemical weapons.
At the time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had ruled out Germany's participation in "military actions."
But now a radical change is being discussed in the ministry.
It began with a request from the US side to the Chancellor's Office. At a subsequent meeting of high-level experts at the end of the week before last week, various options were discussed in the ministry. The meeting was attended by high-ranking representatives on both sides. For the Germans, von der Leyen's ministerial director, for the Americans, the new military attaché, a colonel.
The two sides discussed several options relating to a possible military alliance against Assad. They included reconnaissance flights and damage analysis before and after a possible attack and participation in possible combat missions in which German aircrafts would drop bombs for the first time since the Balkan War.
Should Assad verifiably use chemical weapons against its own people again, armed Bundeswehr Tornados could fly attacks on military infrastructure — barracks, air bases, command posts, ammunition and weapon depots, factories, and research centers, for example. In doing so, Germany would risk a direct confrontation with Syria's allied Russia for the first time.
Though the plans were developed in the ministry, the final decision will fall on the chancellor.
In the event of immediate intervention, the German Parliament would only be consulted after the fact because of time constraints.
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