GETTY Trump may take action in Syria as soon as tonight

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Dozens of people, including children, died in the incident in the war-torn country. Trump has said he and his military officials were considering how to respond to the attack. He said: “We are going to make a decision tonight or very shortly thereafter. “And you'll be hearing the decision.

“We can't let atrocities like we all witnessed... we can't let that happen in our world. “We can't let that happen, especially when we are able to - because of the power of the US, because of the power of our country - we are able to stop it.” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his supporters, including Russia, have been blamed by world leaders for the chemical attack. Russia and Syria have both denied involvement in the incident in the rebel-held town of eastern Ghouta near Damascus.

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The US State Department announced earlier today "there will be consequences" for the deadly attack. In response to Trump’s comments, Russia has warned of “grave repercussions”. Moscow's ambassador to the UN made the threat as he dismissed claims the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons as “fake news.” Mr Nebenzia called for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to urgently fly to Syria to visit the site of the attack.

GETTY Donald Trump made his comments before meeting with military advisors