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The US says, Syria’s Government appears to be preparing for a chemical weapons attack and has warned that it will pay a very heavy price if one takes place.
The White House said similar activities had been seen before as bombs containing the nerve gas agent Sarin were allegedly dropped on a rebel-held town in April. Dozens of people were killed, prompting President Donald Trump to order a missile strike on a Syrian airbase. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the incident was fabricated.
His close ally, Russia, meanwhile said an air strike had hit a rebel depot full of chemical munitions and released toxic agents into the air – a claim that rebel factions and the Western powers which back them have dismissed.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that US-led coalition air strikes on a jail run by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least 57 people. The strikes hit an IS jail in Mayadeen at dawn yesterday, killing 42 prisoners and 15 militants.