The US today strongly condemned a suspected chemical attack in Syria that killed 58 people, describing it as "reprehensible" and "intolerable" attack.
"The US stands with its allies to condemn this horrible attack," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during an off-camera news conference.
Asserting that such an attack is "unacceptable", Spicer suggested it was in the "best interest" of the Syrians for President Bashar Al-Assad not to lead the country.
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He, however, did not disclose the next steps that the Trump administration plans to take against this attack.
"We are not ready to say what should be the next step, but we will get there soon," Spicer said in response to a question, adding that the US President Donald Trump was briefed on this issue by his national security staff.
Spicer said "heinous actions" by the Assad regime is a consequence of weakness and lack of resolution by the previous Obama Administration.
The suspected chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun in Syria's Idlib province has killed at least 58 people, including 11 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"With President Obama's 'red line' far in the rear-view mirror, Assad believes he can commit war crimes with impunity. The question that confronts the US now is whether we will take any action to disabuse him of this murderous notion," Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.
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