Syria chemical weapons a 'red line': US

Beirut - Syria vowed on Monday not to use chemical weapons against its own people, amid direct warnings from the highest levels of the US government following news reports suggesting chemical weapons activity within war-torn Syria. Both US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their spokespersons issued warnings to Damascus that any use of chemical weapons against the rebels fighting the regime would not go unanswered. "I want to make it absolutely clear to [President Bashar] Assad and those under his command that the world is watching," Obama said at a symposium on nuclear non-proliferation at the National Defence University near Washington. "The use of chemical...