White House: If Assad uses chemical weapons <x0)

US President Donald Trump's warning of the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have had a good effect on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis has said, BBC reports, broadcasting Periscopi.

The “appears to have taken the warning seriously”, Mattis said, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

On the other hand, White House spokesman Sean Spicer warned that “if Assad carried out another chemical gun attack thus killing many people, he and his army would pay a heavy price”. /Periscopi/