YEREVAN, APRIL 10, ARMENPRESS. US President Donald Trump began laying the groundwork Monday for a possible military strike against the Syrian government in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack, The Wall Street Journal reported.

At least one U.S. guided-missile destroyer moved toward the Syrian coast.

Mr. Trump said he was likely to make a quick decision on whether to strike after seeing jarring images of dead women and children felled in their homes.

“It will be met, and it will be met forcefully—when, I will not say,” Mr. Trump said Monday evening before meeting with his top military leaders.

“We cannot allow atrocities like that,” Mr. Trump said before meeting with his cabinet to discuss the U.S. response to Syria. “We’ll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours.”

Syria and Russia both have denied reports that Mr. Assad’s forces used chemical weapons in the attack on a rebel stronghold that killed at least 43 men, women and children.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan