British Prime Minister Accounts Parliament for Attacks in Syria

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected today to face British lawmakers. It will explain to them the decision to conduct air strikes in Syria without the approval of Parliament.

Britain, the United States and France on Saturday have hit targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack in Duma, where dozens were killed.

The British Parliament resumes work today after spring break. Lawmakers have not consulted before the attack in Syria, the AP reports.

The British government, however, is legally not obliged to receive parliament's approval of air strikes, but is common for such actions to take the position of lawmakers.

May is expected to tell lawmakers that the air strikes were “in Britain's national interest”, and were carried out to stop suffering from chemical attacks. /rel/