US probing possible Russia collusion in Syria chemical attack

April 12, 2017 00:28

The US is probing a possible Russian involvement in the Assad regime's chemical attack in Syria last week, the White House said today.

"We do think that it is a question worth asking the Russians about how is it possible that their forces were co-located with the Syrian forces that planned, prepared, and carried out chemical weapons attack at the same installation and did not have foreknowledge," a senior administration

official told reporters at the White House.

The official said that there were Russian forces co-located with Syrian forces at the Shayrat airfield in addition to many other installations around the country.

However, the senior White House official said as of now they do not have information on the Russian involvement, but it is clear that Moscow is trying to cover up what happened there.

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