Trump fumes as Syria continues to defy the world

President Trump has promised a ‘forceful’ response to Syria gas attack

The American president has called the strike on Douma that killed scores of people “an atrocious attack.” He added that President Putin would “pay a price” if Russia were deemed culpable.

Mr Trump's comments came as his cabinet gathered at the White House prior to an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council called in response to the attack.

The US presented the council with a resolution calling for a fact-finding mission to determine whether chemical weapons were used and a further investigation to determine who was responsible.





However, the Russian military said that its officers had visited the scene, the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta outside Damascus, and found no evidence of a chemical assault. Interestingly, it also claimed that its doctors had toured hospitals and found no evidence of chemical poisoning.