Trump: US will not tolerate the atrocities of the Assad regime 3/3/2018 8:30:57 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print A wounded Syrian child is treated at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta The National, March 3, 2018  - With the reported death toll in Eastern Ghouta exceeding 670 since the air bombardment started on February 13, the US administration upped the ante on Friday, threatening the Assad regime that it “will not tolerate the atrocities” and calling on Russia to immediately uphold a ceasefire all over Syria. The White House, following Donald Trump calls to Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, issued a statement on Friday that stresses the urgency of the situation in Syria. The leaders agreed that “the Syrian regime, and its Russian and Iranian supporters, should immediately and fully implement  United Nations  Security Council Resolution 2401” c...