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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that the chemical-weapons use against civilians in Syria is inexcusable and “undeniable,” and that President Barack Obama will make an informed decision on how to respond. “Indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity,” Kerry said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was “absolutely abhorrent” and necessitated action from the international community with Britain considering a “proportionate response”.

Russia delivered another package of humanitarian aid to Syria and would withdraw more Russian nationals from the war-torn country, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday. “At 9:00 Moscow time (0500 GMT) an Il-76 aircraft took off from

Russia regrets that the United States has decided to cancel a bilateral meeting on Syrian in The Hague, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov stated. 

The US State Department has said it is cancelling a meeting with Russian diplomats on Syria this week. The meeting at The Hague was about setting up an international conference to find a political resolution to the Syrian crisis.

UN inspectors Monday reached a site near Syria’s capital of a suspected chemical weapons attack to launch an investigation, meeting doctors and casualties, online videos showed. In videos posted online, with faint sound quality, the inspectors appeared in a makeshift hospital, wearing

Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fehmi condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Damascus, and said he had spoken to the US secretary of state on the issue of the crisis in Syria on Sunday as pressure mounts for an international response.

All options are open in response to an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday. Asked by the local broadcaster Europe 1 on the possible use of force against Syria, the French top diplomat said “the decision is not yet taken,” but a coordinated …

Syria has agreed to a United Nations investigation into last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus. But a senior White House official dismissed the move as “too late to be

Turkey will join an international coalition against neighbouring Syria even if the UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on the issue, its foreign minister said on Monday. “If a coalition is formed against Syria in this process, Turkey will take part in it,” Ahmet Davutoglu said.