Turkey claims evidence of Syrian chemical weapons use..

Turkey claims evidence of Syrian chemical weapons use.. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told US media he has evidence that Syria employed chemical weapons against opposition forces. He cited the discovery of missile remains and Syrian patients showing signs of wounds from chemical weapons.Similarly, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he now believed there was “strong evidence” of Syria using gas. The White House previously said it had “varying degrees of confidence” that Syria had used chemical weapons.Last month, President Barack Obama warned that such a development was a “red line” for possible intervention, but said existent intelligence did not represent sufficient proof.Kerry’s latest remarks, made on Friday during a live video discussion with Google+ users , appeared to strike a more resolute note. “This fight is about the terrible choices that the Assad regime has made with its willingness to kill anywhere... to use gas, which we believe there is strong evidence of use of,” he said.Earlier on Friday, Mr Erdogan said he believed Syria had crossed the red line “a long time ago”.He said Turkish intelligence had determined that the Syrian government had used at least 200 chemical missiles. “We have the remainders of these missiles, there are pictures and then there are intelligence reports,” he said.“And there are patients who are brought to our hospitals who were wounded by these chemical weapons.”He did not give details on the type of chemical weapons he believed Syria had used. The Turkish leader, who is due to meet Mr Obama next week, called on the US to “assume more responsibilities and take further steps”. Erdogan rejected the idea that the weapons could have been used by rebels.“How are they going to obtain this? And who will give this to them?” he said.This contradicted an earlier claim by a UN expert who said there were “concrete suspicions” that rebels used nerve gas.Carla del Ponte, who serves on the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said testimony from victims strongly suggested that opposition fighters had used sarin, an extremely potent chemical nerve agent - although there was “no incontrovertible proof”.