摘要
The escalating civil war in Syria reached a new level of tension after revelations of chemical weapons use in the conflict that has been raging since March 2011. On April 25, U.S. intelligence agencies disclosed that they believed government forces may have used small-scale chemical weapons including Satin agents in battles against anti-government forces. Since then, Britain, Israel, Turkey and others have voiced opposition to the Syrian Government's purported use of chemical weapons.