White House released the following statement:
The US identified preparations at an advanced stage for another chemical weapons attack by tha Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that would likely result in mass murder of innocent civilians including children.These preparations and activities are similar to the ones that occured before its April 4 2017 chemical attack.
The United States mission in Syria is to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria .If however the chemical attack is conducted Bashar al-Assad and his military will pay a heavy price.
The US defence officials however alluded that they were unaware the White House was planning to release its statement.They also revealed that they did not know where the potential attack would come from.The White House however did not specify what form any US retribution would take.