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U.S. Says Syria Is Moving to Conceal Chemical Weapons Use Amid Rise in Attacks
(Wall Street Journal) Dion Nissenbaum - A senior U.S. official on Thursday warned Syria about an increase in the use of poison gas against civilians, despite last year's cruise-missile strike aimed at deterring the Assad regime from carrying out such attacks. "Our policy is zero tolerance of chemical weapons, so we reserve the right to use military force to prevent or deter the use of weapons of mass destruction." The Syrian American Medical Society said the Assad regime has carried out four attacks using chlorine gas in the past week, raising new concerns in Washington that Assad is accelerating his use of such weapons.