US allegations about the use of chemical weapons reinforce the need for UN inspectors to be deployed to Syria, and for increased efforts to find a political solution to the conflict, the European Union has declared. Following the claims US President Barack Obama has given the green light to sending US weapons to Syrian rebels after the White House said it has proof the Syrian government used chemical weapons against opposition forces.
This became the “red line” that Barack Obama was talking about when threatening to initiate military intervention into Syria.
For more in this I'm joined on the phone by Richard Heydarian, a Manila-based foreign affairs analyst.
