White House officials have admitted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons repeatedly against anti-government rebels, acknowledging the leader had crossed the "red line" that President Obama said would warrant deeper U.S. intervention in the nation's civil war.
Obama has agreed to provide "military support" to Syrian rebels, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said, but he refused to specify the actions.
"Our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year," Rhodes said. Read more
Obama has agreed to provide "military support" to Syrian rebels, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said, but he refused to specify the actions.
"Our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year," Rhodes said. Read more