Syria conflict: 'Chemical attacks kill hundreds'

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Originally Posted by Catfish

What did Assad exactly do, to pi.. off the West ?

Maybe denying some other oil-producing country to build a pipeline, through Syria ?

He dared to try to defeat a revolt. CWs were deployed by one or the other party, but there is only one entity entitled to deploy CWs if it seems fit.

He is close with Iran.

And iirc the Saudis are interested to run a pipeline through Syria to Europe.