An IDF drill simulating an attack on Israel with chemical weapons, 2008 (photo credit: Gili Yaari / Flash 90)
Russian and US warnings came after news that embattled regime had moved weapons. By Elhanan Miller
The Syrian regime transferred chemical weapons
from a storage base near Damascus to the port city of Tartus last month,
sparking American and European concerns that the weapons could fall
into the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon or other extremist organizations
inside Syria, Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai reported Sunday.
On August 20, US President Barack Obama declared
that the US would consider military intervention if Syria deployed or
used chemical weapons in its possession. British diplomatic sources told
the Kuwaiti paper on Sunday that Obama issued the strongly-worded
warning following the transfer of weapons from Damascus to Tartus.
On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that US and Middle Eastern officials were concerned that Syria had dispersed its chemical weapons stockpile, considered to be the third-largest in the world, to 20 sites around the country.
It did not detail where those sites were...Read here...
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