Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The White House is considering providing weapons to the Syrian rebels, officials said Tuesday, but no decision is imminent and President Barack Obama seemed to soften his public threats to the Syrian government over its alleged use of chemical weapons. A decision to supply weapons would mark a reversal for the Obama administration, which has resisted repeated proposals to deepen its involvement in Syria's 2-year-old conflict, which, according to the United Nations, has killed more than 70,000 people, mostly civilians. |