WASHINGTON — The United States warned Feb. 1 that it was assessing reports of the repeated use of suspected chlorine gas attacks by the Syrian regime in the past month, and it warned that it could take action if they do not stop.
“We are watching very carefully, and the United States is extremely concerned about yet another report of the use of chlorine gas by the Syrian regime to terrorize innocent civilians in east Ghouta, Syria, outside of Damascus,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told journalists Feb. 1.