White House: Syria Crossed The Red Line On Chemical Weapons



Syria: US Says Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons -- The Telegraph

The United States has confirmed that the Assad regime in Syria has used chemical weapons against opposition targets, in a move that now paves the way for a sharp increase in military support to rebel fighters.

The determination by US intelligence agencies that chemical weapons including Sarin gas have lead to the deaths of up to 150 people, comes as new figures from the United Nations estimates that 93,000 people have now died in the conflict.

Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser, signalled that the finding had opened a new phase in US engagement in the civil war, after a week in which the Assad regime’s Iranian-backed forces have made alarming gains from the rebels.

“The president has said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus, and it has,” said Mr Rhodes.

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