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Twitter Inc said in a lawsuit on Thursday that it had received a demand from U.S. officials for records that could reveal the user behind an account opposed to President Donald Trump and that it was challenging the demand in court.

The lawsuit over the anonymous account was filed in federal court in San Francisco, where Twitter is based.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that there is “no doubt” Syrian President Bashar Assad is responsible for the suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people, including children, earlier this week — and that steps to remove him from power are under way.

“There is no doubt in our minds and in the information that we have supports that Syria and the Syrian regime under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad are responsible for this attack,” Tillerson said in a press briefing at Palm Beach International Airport. “And furthermore I think it is very important that the Russian government consider very carefully their continued support for the Assad regime.”

Assad’s “role in the future is uncertain, clearly,” Tillerson said. “And with the acts that he has taken, it would seem there would be no role for him to govern.”

For Assad to leave, the secretary said, it would require an “international community effort” that would include the defeat of ISIS in Syria, stabilization of the war-torn country and “a political process that would lead to Assad leaving.”

When asked if President Trump would be organizing an international coalition to remove Assad, Tillerson said, “Those steps are under way.”

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