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US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says no decision yet on potential Syria military attack

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says no decision yet on potential Syria military attack

Jim Mattis

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'We have not yet made any decision to launch military attacks into Syria,' Mattis told a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee

The United States has not yet made a decision on any potential military attacks in Syria, but would discuss options at a White House National Security Council meeting on Thursday (April 12), USDefence Secretary Jim Mattis said.

"We have not yet made any decision to launch military attacks into Syria," Mattis told a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee.

"When I leave here, I go to a meeting where the National Security Council will be meeting on this and we will take forward various options to the President," Mattis added.

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