Syria, Iran, Russia Push Back Against US Warning

Late Monday, the White House took the unusual step of issuing a preemptive warning against Syria, which it claims is preparing to launch a chemical weapons attack. 

The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is basing that assertion on evidence from the same air base that the US hit with cruise missiles in April following Syria's last chemical weapons attack.

 A Pentagon spokesperson says evidence at the Shayrat air base of a pending chemical weapons attack has become "more compelling" in the past 24 hours. 

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