Sentences with phrase «recent chemical attack»

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday that the US is «still assessing the intelligence» on the recent chemical attack but noted that the US military is on standby should Trump give the order for a strike.

It now seems fairly clear that the US and the UK are set to take military action in Syria in the coming days in response to the recent chemical attacks there.

Not exact matches

The State Department said on Friday that it had proof that Syria carried out a recent chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.

The metal's price jumped markedly after Trump warned Russia to «get ready» for a missile strike in Syria following a recent chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

«I think the perspective from the United States supported by the facts that we have are conclusive: that the recent chemical weapons attack carried out in Syria was planned and it was directed and executed by Syrian regime forces, and we're quite confident of that,» Tillerson said.

Tillerson responded by emphasizing the horror of the Assad regime's recent chemical weapons attack on civilians, which killed dozens last week.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday the US is «still assessing the intelligence» on whether the Assad regime is to blame for the recent suspected chemical attack but added that the US stands ready for military strikes in Syria.

Say (as seems likely) that recent chemical chemical attacks in Syria were undertaken by the government.

Obviously Putin is against the overthrow of Assad, even with the recent chemical weapons attack.

Escalating tensions in Syria have provided a hot topic for bloggers in the wake of the recent incendiary bombing of a children's playground and chemical attacks in the suburbs of Damascus.

This package chronicles such incidents before and after Syria's recent alleged chemical weapon attack on civilians outside Damascus

Just as an aside, we don't know the nature of the recent alleged chemical attack in Syria, and the chemical used in the Emory experiments is not a «weaponized» nerve agent such as Sarin.

The bombings targeted chemical weapons research and storage facilities after a recent suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria.