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Liveblog: US State Dept briefing on Syria, May 15, 2017

Stuart Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, will brief on Syria at approximately 11:30 am EDT.

As it happened

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Q: If Russia refuses to do anything about this, what next? Jones: We hope that we will now be able to work with the Russians to put pressure on the Syrian regime to end these atrocities.
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Jones: The photos date over several years, from 2013 to 2017
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Jones: As the President has said, we are not going to signal what we are going to do and what we are not going to do
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Jones: We have not … I have not presented this particular evidence to the Russians
Q: Are you suggesting Russia or Iran has any involvement in the crematorium? Jones: No.
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