Rebel activists in Syria are reporting that chemical weapons attacks by Assad’s forces have killed hundreds of people on the outskirts of Damascus.
After months of talking about “red lines”, the US has announced that they will supply direct military aid to the Syrian opposition after they concluded Assad is using chemical weapons against the Syrian people.
Pro-Assad forces have seized full control of the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border
Chemical weapons are a “red line” in the conflict in Syria, but with a UN investigator claiming they were used by rebels and then her UN Inquiry making clear there is no such “conclusive findings”, has the line been crossed?
If the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on the Syrian people it would be a serious breach of the Geneva Protocol, but US policy on such weapons has been so inconsistent and politicised that the United States is in no position to take leadership in response.