- Agencies (IRW) - US President #Donald_Trump and his French counterpart #Emmanuel_Macron agreed on Tuesday (Jun 27) on a joint response in the event of another chemical attack in #Syria, as Washington warned #Damascus would pay a "heavy price" for such a move.
The tough language, in a phone call between the two leaders, came a day after the White House accused President #Bashar_Assad regime of preparing a potential chemical weapons attack.
Washington's warning to #Damascus - which prompted criticism from regime allies #Russia and #Iran - coincided with a wave of US-led coalition airstrikes that killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the #ISIS group.
The coalition has been striking IS in #Syria and #Iraq since mid-2014 but has also been involved in recent confrontations with #Assad forces, raising fears of the United States being drawn into Syria's civil war.
A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that #US intelligence had noticed suspect activity at the launch site of an apparent chemical strike by the regime two months ago.
- Source: Channel News Asia
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