U.S. officials are investigating whether Russia was directly involved in the gas attack in Syria which led to Thursday’s air strikes, they revealed today.
Senior military officials said Russia has failed to control the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons.
And they said a drone belonging either to Russia or Syria was seen hovering over the site of the chemical weapons attack Tuesday after it happened.
The drone returned late in the day as citizens were going to a nearby hospital for treatment. Shortly afterward, officials say the hospital was bombed.
The officials say they believe the hospital attack may have been an effort to cover up evidence of the attack.
It is unclear which hospital they were referring to but local activists released pictures of al Rahma hospital in Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday, claiming that damage to it was cased when ‘Russian forces shelled’ it…
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