The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
May 17, 2013

Obama: U.S. Won’t Take Unilateral Action Against Assad 
---------------------------------------------------------


 
President Obama addressed the crisis in Syria Thursday after meeting
with Turkey’s prime minister in Washington. He said the United States
would not take unilateral action to address claims the government of
President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons.

President Obama: "There are a while range of options that the United
States is already engaged in, and I preserve the options of taking
additional steps, both diplomatic and military, because those chemical
weapons inside of Syria also threaten our security over the long-term as
well as our allies and friends and neighbors."

U.S. officials meanwhile say Russia has sent sophisticated antiship
cruise missiles to Syria in an apparent show of support for the Assad
regime.

 

.