Obama: U.S. will not rush into a costly Syria entanglement

Images, including some by freelance photographers, showed scores of bodies laid out on floors with no visible signs of injury. Some had foam at the nose and mouth.

Obama has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to urgently help establish what caused the deaths, a State Department spokeswoman said, but she said it may be difficult, given that the United States does not have diplomatic relations with Syria.

No deadline was given to agencies investigating the attack.

Syria’s revolt against four decades of Assad family rule has divided the Middle East along largely sectarian lines.

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