The United States says Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces are responsible for the deadly chemical weapons attack said to have occurred last week. And, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech that if the U.S. chooses to act, it won’t depend on the blessing of the international community.
Nearly 1,500 Syrians were killed in chemical attacks carried out by their government last month. Now a national debate has erupted over how the U.S. and its allies should react. “This debate is about the world’s red line. It’s about humanity’s red line,” Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday before the Senate Foreign Relations […]
The United States still says Syrian government use of chemical weapons in its ongoing civil war would represent crossing a red line — but at the moment the United States in unsure whether that line has been crossed. That’s the latest after President Barack Obama spoke the media Tuesday.
At least three countries are convinced the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons in his country’s ongoing civil war. On Thursday, U.S. officials confirmed they too believed Assad had unleashed sarin gas. But its options are limited.