U.S. says its warning appears to have averted Syrian chemical attack

BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad appeared so far to have heeded a warning this week from Washington not to carry out a chemical weapons attack.

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