NEW : Bashar al - Assad : ` ` Syria never obeyed any threat '' from the United States . UN inspectors will follow up on more reports of chemical weapons use in Syria . CNN slams a UN report on chemical weapons use , calling it ` ` distorted '' Jane 's editor in chief sees no ` ` compelling evidence '' indicating who used it .
NEW : Bashar al-Assad : `` Syria never obeyed any threat '' from the United States . U.N. inspectors will follow up on more allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria . Russia slams a U.N. report on chemical weapons use , calling it `` distorted '' Jane 's editor in chief sees no `` compelling evidence '' indicating who used sarin .