(CBS News) The Syrian government and rebelstraded accusations Tuesday that each had used chemical weapons in war-torn Aleppo and just hours before President Obama’s arrival in the region on Wednesday morning, 해남출장샵 Israeli Cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz, said it was “apparently clear” that chemical weapons were recently used in Syria.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) serves as the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and while he made no definitive claim about the use of chemical weapons in Aleppo this week, he said he believes there is a “probability” that the Syrian government “may” use chemical weapons and noted that there is “some forensic evidence that at least small quantities may have been used in the past.”

“I think there’s a high probability that a chemical agent was used in Aleppo,” he said when pushed on the issue on “CBS This Morning,” but added he would like to see forensic evidence to substantiate the claims.