Secretary of State Kerry said the US had “little doubt” that chemical weapons were used by the Assad regime in Damascus last week, and castigated the regime for “cynically attempt[ing]” to destroy evidence. He said the US has “additional information” to support its charges, which the US will produce in the coming days. US officials reportedly claimed that the type of rocket used in the attack was solely in the possession of regime forces. The US is considering limited long-range missile strikes against Syrian military and intelligence command and control sites and other regime targets, to “deter and degrade” the regime’s capability to deploy chemical weapons.
