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American doctor gives 'proof of chemical weapon use' to U.S.
By Samuel Burke & Claire Calzonetti, CNN
Syrian-American doctors are obtaining samples from apparent victims of chemical weapon attacks in Syria and giving them to the American government for testing.
On Monday, Syrian-American doctor Zaher Sahloul was near the Syrian border in Turkey, where he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that reports from physicians indicate there had just been another attack. Sahloul believes this is the sixth recent chemical weapons attack Syria.
“We have medical proof,” Dr. Sahloul told Amanpour. “Patients had respiratory and neurological symptoms.” FULL POST
Amanpour investigates chemical weapons claims
CNN's Christiane Amanpour examines the claims from multiple governments that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on its own people.
Jordan’s King Abdullah to meet with Obama about Syria
CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Jordan about how the United States has enhanced military presence in that country and how the U.S. might prepare to secure chemical weapons if Assad falls.
Sen. McCain: 'The red line has been crossed in Syria'
U.S. Senator John McCain tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour that the United States must take action in Syria.
How solid is Israel’s proof of Syrian chemical weapons?
By Mick Krever, CNN
On Tuesday, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, Brigadier General Itai Brun, said that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels in that country – Obama has repeatedly said that would be his “red line” for American involvement.
“He did not give us a sense of what direct evidence they had,” said New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, who attended General Brun’s briefing. Sanger spoke with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from Jerusalem.
The only thing that the general presented, Sanger said, was photographs of people Brun described as frothing at the mouth, a symptom associated with the use of sarin gas.
“That is not the same as having the actual samples” to prove the use of chemical weapons, Sanger said. FULL POST
Free Syrian Army general: ‘Clear proof chemical weapons used’
By Samuel Burke, CNN
The chief of staff for the Free Syrian Army said he can confirm that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons in the Syrian cities of Homs, Aleppo and Otaiba, outside Damascus.
“We took some samples of the soil and of blood. The injured people were observed by doctors and the samples were tested and it was very clear that the regime used chemical weapons,” General Salim Idriss told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
Idriss said his doctors gave the samples to “observers” of the civil war in Syria, but refused to name which groups.
Both Britain and France now say soil samples indicate “some use of chemical weapons.” FULL POST
Russia on Berezovsky’s death
Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the Russian Duma's foreign affairs committee, speaks to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about the death of Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Pushkov also discusses the allegation of chemical weapon use in Syria.
Were chemical weapons used in Syria?
Channel 4 reporter Alex Thomson describes what one Syrian doctor says he is seeing at his hospital in Aleppo.
Syrian rebel leader: 'Defect, or else'
Syrian rebel general Salim Idris speaks to CNN's Hala Gorani, and calls on Assad's soldiers to defect or risk being tracked down and tried in military courts.
Syrian Opposition President: 21 U.N. peacekeepers safe
By Pete Burn and Michael Martinez
(CNN) - Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers being held by rebels in Syria were taken from an area near the Golan Heights for their own safety, Syrian opposition coalition President Moaz al-Khatib said Thursday.
Khatib told CNN's Christiane Amanpour he wants the Red Cross to pick them up.
"There was a U.N. convoy at risk" in an area under bombardment for seven days, al-Khatib said.
The rebels are "ready to release them on the condition that the Red Cross come and receive them from the border," al-Khatib said. Injured civilians, including women and children, should also be rescued by the Red Cross, he added. FULL POST
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