Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria, Barack Obama Orders Investigation

Obama Government has warned that the possible use of such weapons would mean crossing the "red line".

United States is not in a position "for the moment" to say with certainty whether they resorted to the use of chemical weapons in Syria on Wednesday said the State Department said Thursday.
"Right now, we are unable to definitively determine if chemical weapons were used," said spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, adding that "President (Barack Obama) ordered the intelligence services to meet as quickly as possible additional reports "these allegations.

"We're focused every minute of every day since these events took place Wednesday to do everything in our power to establish the facts," he added Psaki.

Obama has said that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government would mean crossing a "red line", but so far Washington has acted after several reports of attacks with these weapons.

"If the reports are true, it would be an outrageous and blatant escalation of the use of chemical weapons," he said the spokeswoman.

The White House was on Thursday under pressure from the press and parliamentarians to respond strongly after the alleged use by the Syrian government of chemical weapons against the rebellion and civil.

Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande on Thursday evoked "likely use chemical weapons" in a telephone interview with the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon.

His Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, meanwhile called a "reaction force" in Syria. The Secretary of State, John Kerry, Fabius met on Thursday, said the spokesman.