A senior Pentagon official told reporters that the Syrian government still retained a “residual” chemical capability after the attack.
Western leaders warned Syria on Saturday that they could launch further missile strikes if chemical weapons are used again, while the pre-dawn attacks were denounced by Damascus and its backers as illegal actions that would carry repercussions. U.S. forces were “locked and loaded” to strike again if Syria unleashed another chemical assault, said Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at an emergency Security Council meeting called by Russia.
Source: Nikki Haley warns that U.S. forces ‘locked and loaded’ if Syria stages another chemical attack