US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday the Pentagon is ready to provide options for a Syria strike in response to a suspected chemical attack, but noted the US and its allies are still gathering information. “We are still assessing the intelligence, ourselves and our allies, we are still working ...
Damascus affirmed on Wednesday that the US recent claims against Syria show lack of principles, values, wisdom and rationality, adding that the chemical weapons’ pretext is an unsubstantiated flimsy argument to target Syria. Speaking to SANA, an official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that the reckless escalation ...