VICTIMS of the Syrian chemical attack last week that killed 70 have tested positive for chemicals including nerve gas and chlorine, it has been revealed.\u00a0US officials who obtained blood and\u00a0urine samples from victims were said to be “confident” in the intelligence, MSNBC reported.\u00a0The samples revealed the victims had tested positive for chemicals including chlorine and a nerve agent substance.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump is expected to decide whether he will launch a response to Syria’s attack “fairly soon”.<\/p>\n
America and its allies have also compiled a dossier of intelligence \u2013 including images \u2013 which indicate that the Syrian government was behind the Douma atrocity.\u00a0The Assad regime is thought to have stocks of the nerve agent Sarin and previously used a mixture of chlorine and Sarin in attacks.\u00a0But Russia has since called for the US and its allies to avoid military action against Syria to avoid the “danger of war”.<\/p>\n Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassiliy Nebenzia could not confirm if he was suggesting a war between the US and Russia, could take place.\u00a0But Nebenzia did say: “We cannot exclude any possibilities unfortunately because we saw messages that are coming from Washington. They were very bellicose.<\/p>\n “The danger of escalation is higher than simply Syria because our military are there … So the situation is very dangerous.”<\/p>\n Fears of confrontation between Russia, Syria’s big ally, and the West have been running high since Trump said missiles “will be coming” in response to the attack, on Wednesday.\u00a0Yesterday, the US President tweeted that Syria’s major ally Russia should “get ready”for American “smart missiles” days after despot Bashar Assad killed at least 70 people in an evil chemical attack.\u00a0But after the White House played down<\/p>\n Trump’s remarks, the brash billionaire has himself backed away from Wednesday’s Tweets.\u00a0Today, he posted: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all!\u00a0“In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our \u201cThank you America?\u201d<\/p>\n Trump’s threats on Wednesday against Russia were in response to comments from senior Russian officials that Vladimir Putin’s military would strike US bomb sites in retaliation to American aggression.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump says he’ll \u200b’\u200bforcefully\u200b’\u200b respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria\u00a0<\/span>Trump tweeted: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.”<\/p>\n “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!'”<\/p>\n “You shouldn\u2019t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”<\/p>\n The Republican firebrand then added: “Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War.<\/p>\n “There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?”<\/p>\n Responding to Trump’s tweet, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said: \u201cSmart missiles should fly towards terrorists, not a legal government.”<\/p>\n VICTIMS of the Syrian chemical attack last week that killed 70 have tested positive for chemicals including nerve gas and chlorine, it has been revealed.\u00a0US officials who obtained blood and\u00a0urine samples from victims were said to be “confident” in the intelligence, MSNBC reported.\u00a0The samples revealed the victims had tested positive for chemicals including chlorine and a nerve agent substance. 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