BBC News - Q&A: Threatened strike on Syria: "A US-led military strike against Syria is looming in the aftermath of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Damascus, taking the crisis into a new phase. Here is a look at some of the issues surrounding the current tensions.
Why is military action being talked about now?
Many have posed the question of why the US and its allies are talking up the prospect of an intervention now when the conflict has already left around 100,000 dead, forced more than 1.7m Syrians to flee the country (with more internally displaced) and has increased tensions in neighbouring countries.
US President Barack Obama said last year that any use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad would be a "red line". After several alleged instances of chemical weapons use earlier this year, in June the US said its intelligence services had "high confidence" that they had indeed been used and that the US would as a result send unspecified military aid to the opposition."
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