US Holds Syria, Russia Accountable for Chemical Weapons Attack in Douma
U.S. officials are expressing “high confidence” that Syria carried out last week’s chemical weapons attack in Douma, promising the West will respond and that all options remain on the table. Despite tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week suggesting a missile strike might be imminent, the White House, State Department and Pentagon have been cautious in their language, emphasizing the need to forge an airtight case against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. By late Friday, there were indications such a case was coming together. “We have a very high confidence that Syria was responsible,” White House press …