The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control to "stave off" a possible U.S. aggression, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday night said in a White House address that the United States will work with Russia and other partners to work on a UN resolution making Syria give up chemical weapons.
Barack Obama addressed the White House through TV link on Tuesday, demanding the Syria government to give up its stockpiles of chemical weapons to the international venue.
Iran supports the Russian proposal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham announced on Tuesday.
The White House announced Monday that 14 more countries have joined the United States' call for a strong international response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syria last month.
Russia on Monday called on Syria to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and put its chemical weapons storage facilities under international control.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris holding a news conference with member officials from the Arab League to seek support for its policy in Syria, media said Sunday.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday called on the international community to overcome divisions and respond firmly to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon warned on Tuesday that all parties should not rush to military action before UN investigations results come out, as the U.S. government is launching a lobbying campaign seeking Congressional approval for a strike against Syria.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday that information from a wide variety of sources suggested the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in attacks near the Syrian capital, Damascus last week.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he has not made a decision about how to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria's internal conflict.
U.S. President Barack Obama is weighing a limited military strike against Syria in response to its purported use of chemical weapons in internal conflict, The Washington Post said on Tuesday.
U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the options considered by President Barack Obama in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Syria aim not at regime change and that there is no military solution to the protracted conflict there.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said no decisions had been taken on Syria but Britain and its allies must decide whether limited military action was needed to "deter and degrade the future use of chemical weapons."
The UN investigation team will start a on-site fact-finding probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria on Monday, said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement through his spokesperson.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday evening accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 's government of routinely using unconventional weaponry against insurgents and civilians in the Syrian conflict, according to a statement issued by the minister's office.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged all outside powers involved in the Syrian crisis to exercise restraints and give up potential armed intervention.
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