Saturday
Apr272013
Syria Today: A Chemical Weapons "Game-Changer"?
Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8:22 | James Miller in EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
Insurgents seize a regime tank near Homs
1625 GMT: Limited Use of Chemical Weapons Part of Assad's Strategy? Pundits are arguing for or against foreign intervention in Syria, and much of their analysis of this week's chemical weapons claims are shaped by that goal. Chemical weapons analysts have focused on the available evidence, and have offered their criticism or support of the claims that Assad used of chemical weapons in that light. Today, however, two analysts focus on the wider strategic situation in Syria, and how chemical weapons claims fit into that picture.