Trump Keeps His Syria Attack Options Open as Russia Urges Calm
- Macron cites proof Assad’s regime used chemical weapons
- Mattis cites concern a strike might ‘escale out of control’
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President Donald Trump said an attack on Syria could come “very soon, or not so soon at all,” as Russian leaders urged calm and reined in their own war rhetoric.
The U.S. president said Thursday on Twitter that he “never said when an attack on Syria would take place.” The comment came roughly 24 hours after he warned Russia to “get ready” for a missile attack on its ally to punish a presumed chemical attack near Damascus.