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| Trump warns Syrian government of 'big price to pay' and after alleged chemical weapons attack in eastern Ghouta | |
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| Donald Trump has warned the Syrian government there will be a "big price to pay" after an alleged chemical weapons attack in eastern Ghouta. | |
| The US president said Vladimir Putin and Iran were responsible for backing Bashar Al-assad, following reports dozens of civilians were killed by a chemical weapons dropped in eastern Ghouta. | |
| "Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," he said on Twitter. "Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. | "Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," he said on Twitter. "Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. |
| "President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price to pay. | |
| "Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!" | |
| Mr Trump's outburst comes the same day top homeland security advisers said the US would not rule out launching a missile attack in response to the alleged use of a chemical weapon. | |
| "I wouldn't take anything off the table," White House homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Thomas Bossert said in an interview on ABC's This Week. | |
| "We are looking into the attack at this point," he said, adding the photos of the incident are "horrible". | |
| At least 25 people were killed and more than 500 injured after the attack in the town of Douma, according to the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations. | |
| The White Helmets rescue organisation said 40 people, mostly women and children, had been killed. | |
| The pro-opposition Ghouta Media Centre alleged a helicopter had dropped a barrel bomb containing sarin, and another organisation claimed that a hospital had been hit by a chlorine bomb. | |
| Distressing images circulating on social media appeared to show people foaming at the mouth and nose. | |
| Syrian state media denied government forces had launched any chemical attack, and said rebels in Douma were in a state of collapse and spreading false news. | |
| Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday reports of a gas attack in Syria were bogus and any military action taken based on such "invented and fabricated excuses" could lead to severe consequences. | |
| "The spread of bogus stories about the use of chlorine and other poisonous substances by (Syrian) government forces continues. Yet another such fabricated piece of information about an alleged chemical attack in Douma appeared yesterday," the ministry said in a statement. | |
| Mr Trump went on to blamed Barack Obama after the former president's failure to intervene militarily when the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in 2013. | |
| "If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago!" he continued on Twitter. "Animal Assad would have been history!" | |
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