President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russia to "get ready" for a missile attack on its ally Syria, suggesting imminent retaliation for last weekend's suspected chemical weapons attack. "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," Trump wrote. Asked whether the U.S. military was ready to conduct an attack in Syria if ordered, Mattis replied, "We stand ready to provide military options if they're appropriate, as the president determined." Trump did not detail what a strike on Syria would look like, or whether these would be U.S. missiles. Shortly after his tweeted warning to Russia, Trump took a more conciliatory tone in lamenting that the U.S.-Russia relationship "is worse now than it has ever been."

Source: Fox News April 11, 2018 14:01 UTC