U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, December 5 urged Syria’s regime against using its stockpile of chemical weapons, warning of “huge consequences” if Bashar Assad resorts to such weapons of mass destruction, the Associated Press reported. Ban also suggested that he would not favor an asylum deal for the Syrian leader as a way to end the country’s civil war and cautioned that the United Nations doesn’t allow anyone “impunity.” Syria is believed to have hundreds, if not thousands, of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, a blistering agent, and the more lethal nerve agents sarin and VX. U.S. intelligence has seen signs that Syria is moving materials inside chemical weapons facilities recently. U.S. officials said the White House and its allies are weighing military options should they decide to secure Syria’s chemical and biological weapons.