WASHINGTON—The U.S. military was honing plans Thursday for possible strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime amid mounting calls for a forceful response to this week’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. President Donald Trump was being briefed on the situation while in Florida for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping . Meanwhile, senior defense staff and other top officers were meeting in the National...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 06, 2017 17:30 UTC