![]() On September 7, in his weekly address, President Obama makes the case for limited and targeted military action to hold the Assad regime accountable for its violation of international norms prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. ![]() On September 9, Ambassador Rice laid out the case for the damage that would be done to our national security and that of our partners and allies should we fail to respond to enforce the longstanding international norm against the use of chemical weapons. Warning: These videos contain disturbing images of dead bodies, including children. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released these videos, which were compiled by the U.S. It's important for the American people to have access to information about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. On September 10, President Obama addressed the nation on Syria.Īs part of a briefing on the response to Syria, members of Congress were shown video taken in multiple locations near Damascus on August 21st, when more than 1,400 Syrians – including more than 400 children – were killed by a chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the Assad regime. In a statement, President Obama said he welcomed the progress made between the United States and Russia on a framework that provides the opportunity for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons in a transparent, expeditious, and verifiable manner. ![]() In his weekly address, he said that Russia has joined the international community in pushing Syria to give up its chemical weapons. September 14: Following up on his speech to the nation, President Obama discussed the possibility of a diplomatic solution in Syria, partially because of the credible threat of U.S. October 31: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced that it is confident no additional chemical agents or munitions can be produced in Syria, having finished the first phase of the elimination process by destroying Syria’s capacity to make chemical weapons.
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