US warns Russia it may use military force again
The contours of West’s response to Syria’s bloody civil war may be shifting after the chemical attack
Washington — The Trump administration has warned that it is ready to take further military action if the regime of Bashar al-Assad wages another chemical attack, even as last week’s missile strike ratcheted up tensions with Russia. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed the Syria situation during a phone call on Saturday initiated by the US, the Russian foreign ministry said on its Facebook page. Intends to Intervene The White House so far has given indication the US intends to intervene more broadly in Syria’s civil war after Thursday night’s bombing. Yet the contours of the West’s response may be shifting. On Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancelled a planned trip to Moscow for high-level meetings on Monday after co-ordinating with the US, saying he would meet instead with his Group of Seven (G-7) peers in Italy to discuss the Syrian crisis and "Russia’s support for Assad". "I discussed these plans in detail" with Tillerson, Johns...
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