Trump: 'big price to pay' for suspected Syria chemical weapons attack

The Guardian: Donald Trump said on Sunday there would be a “big price to pay” for an apparent chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave in Syria. The president also said Russian president Vladimir Putin and Iran were responsible for backing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, whose regime is believed to have carried out the strike.
Dozens killed in suspected chemical attack on Syrian rebel enclave
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Using a phrase favoured by Trump, the Russian foreign ministry called reports of the attack “fake news”.

Rescue workers said at least 42 people were killed the besieged town of Douma near Damascus. Douma is in the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta, which has previously been attacked with chlorine gas and sarin.

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