BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated on Friday that he is concerned that the Syrian government of Bashar Al-Assad has used sarin gas in Syria.
This statement by Mattis comes just hours after the Associated Press (AP) released information from a White House official that the Trump administration was worried the Syrian government was planning a chemical weapons attack.
No further details are available at the moment.
The Syrian government has repeatedly denied the use of chemical weapons in Syria, despite repeated accusations by the U.S. and their allies.
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