(Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)The White House issued an ominous warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday night, pledging that his regime would pay a "heavy price" if it carried out another chemical attack this year. In a statement, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that the United States had detected evidence of preparations for a chemical attack, similar to the preparations that occurred before an attack in April. "The activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack. "If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price." At the time, Trump said that Assad's use of chemical weapons against innocent women and children made action inevitable.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2017 02:26 UTC