Washington sources added that Mr. Trump said the US was getting some "good clarity" on who was responsible for the incident in Douma and meanwhile the medical sources say dozens were killed in the alleged attack but exact numbers are impossible to verify. Meanwhile Mr. Trump also discussed the incident with French President Emmanuel Macron late on Monday, and both leaders expressed a desire for a "firm response".
According to sources UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she "utterly condemns" the "barbaric" alleged chemical weapons attack and called for backers of President Bashar al-Assad to be held to account. Presently the estimates of how many people died in the suspected chemical attack range from 42 to more than 60 people, but medical groups say numbers could rise as rescue workers gain access to basements where hundreds of families had sought refuge from bombing.
Moreover the French representative at the UN
Security Council said poison gas had deliberately been used as it could seep
down to the basements. Accordingly the US, France and UK have led international
condemnation of the alleged attack, with the Syrian government and its Russian
backers denying any responsibility.
