Obama: Chemical weapons in Syria are a ‘red line’

Syrian Mahmoud Jikar holds a piece of shrapnel he found in his house, which was destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people in Azaz, Syria, on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. would reconsider its opposition to military involvement in the Syrian civil war if President Bashar Assad’s beleaguered regime deploys or uses chemical or biological weapons. He called such action a “red line” f...

Published: 08/21/2012