U.S. bans entry for Syrian officials behind alleged chemical weapons attack

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken answers questions by the media at Stanford University, in Stanford, California, U.S. October 17, 2022. Josh Edelson/Pool via REUTERS

The U.S. State Department has banned three high-ranking Syrian military officials from entering the United States for their allegedly involvement in air strikes in 2013 that used chemical weapons, killing at least 1,400 people, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Monday.

(Reporting by Tyler Clifford)