President Obama faces rising pressure to intervene in the civil war U.S. officials say they suspect the deadly agent sarin has already been fired off in small-scale attacks Mr Obama wary of launching military action based on primary intelligence reports of chemical weapons use Obama: investigation into whether Syria was using chemical weapons on its own people could take a long time By Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:18 EST, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:39 EST, 27 April 2013 President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapons would be a 'game changer' for the United States but made clear he was in no rush to intervene in the Syrian civil war on the basis of evidence he said was still preliminary.
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President Obama faces rising pressure to intervene in the civil war
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U.S. officials say they suspect the deadly agent sarin has already been fired off in small-scale attacks
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Mr Obama wary of launching military action based on primary intelligence reports of chemical weapons use
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Obama: investigation into whether Syria was using chemical weapons on its own people could take a long time
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