THE US is worried that a desperate Syrian President Bashar al Assad may resort to the use of chemical weapons, or lose control of them, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
After a meeting of Nato foreign ministers at which the Western military alliance agreed to send Patriot anti-missile batteries to Syria's neighbour, Turkey, Ms Clinton said Washington had made clear to Syria use of chemical weapons is a "red line" for the US.
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