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Top of the Agenda: UN Finds Evidence of Chemical Use in Syria
A United Nations human rights team announced on Tuesday that it had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons had been used in Syria (Reuters),
but that more evidence was needed to determine definitive proof of
which agent was used and who the perpetrators were. The commission
examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April. The report
comes as the international community struggles to set a date for a peace
conference on Syria, where the conflict is believed to have killed at
least eighty thousand people. U.S. President Barack Obama has stated
that Syria's use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" (AP).
Analysis
"Facing
public pressure to stop the violence, Washington may soon embark on an
incremental intervention that would gradually deepen American
involvement without producing a decisive outcome.
But such half measures won't impress Iran's hardened rulers, who are
engaged in a fundamental struggle for the future of the Middle East,"
writes CFR's Ray Takeyh for the New York Times.
"The
aim isn't to help the rebels win soon; that's beyond our capabilities.
Instead, it's to keep the war within manageable bounds. That means
helping the opposition get organized
and funneling military aid from other donors to the moderate Brig. Gen.
Salim Idriss instead of Al Nusra," writes Doyle McManus for the Los Angeles Times.
"The Geneva Conference 2 may represent hope for Syria and the Syrians. It may also represent an epic failure if it is held amidst the current circumstances
and if there is an absence of the desire to address what the
Iranian-Russian alliance is doing on the ground," writes Khairallah
Khairallah for al-Arabiya.
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