White House Warns Syria Against Chemical Attack ‘Preparations’

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Photo: U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley holds photos of victims of the Syrian gas attack as she speaks as the UN Security Council meets in an emergency session in New York after earlier alleged attack.

 


By ALEX JOHNSON for NBC News, June 26, 2017:

 

The United States has spotted "potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack" by the Syrian government, the White House said in an unusual statement Monday night.

 

It warned that Syria would "pay a heavy price" if any such attack proceeds.

 

In the brief statement, the White House gave no details of the purported preparations or of how they had been detected. It said only that "the activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017, chemical weapons attack."

 

At least 100 people, including 25 children, were killed in the April 4 attack in a rebel-held area of Syria. Two days later, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian airfield believed to have been used to carry out the strike.

 

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