'Desperate' Assad Could Use Chemical Weapons, Say U.S. Officials

If the Syrian government finds itself losing control of key government strongholds to the rebels, it is growing more likely to use massive attacks with chemical weapons, according to U.S. intelligence officials cited by Wall Street Journal.

International inspectors last year removed the regime's declared chemical weapons. The agreement allowing those weapons to be destroyed came when the Assad regime faced potential U.S. airstrikes.

However, since then, the regime has...