JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he was "100 percent sure" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered a suspected chemical attack this week that provoked international outrage.

Lieberman said the alleged attack in the neighboring country was carried out "on the direct and premeditated command of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Syrian planes."

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