U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday a military strike against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use is not about President Barack Obama's "red line," but because the use of chemical weapons cannot be tolerated.
Visiting head of Iran's parliament' s foreign policy committee said Tuesday he agrees with Lebanon's Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour that there is a "U.S. plot against the region's security and stability."
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday ruled out the possibility of NATO's role in possible military strikes against Syria, but he added that the international community should respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons in that country.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday rejected opposition's calls for a parliament vote on the Syria crisis.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to bring the Syria issue to a Group of Twenty (G20) summit to solicit support for military intervention, a Russian lawmaker said Sunday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for his ministers to collect further information and work closely with the United States and other countries as the situation in Syria escalates.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that his country is capable of confronting any external aggression, in reference to a possible U.S.-led strike against his country, as Iran, his staunchest ally, pledged constant support to Damascus in face of escalating pressures.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Friday issued a warning to Australians registered as being in Syria to leave the country immediately, "ahead of any international response to last week's suspected chemical weapons attack in Damascus".
After last week's alleged chemical attack in rebels-held suburbs of Damascus, some western leaders insisted the use of force as they believed Syrian government was behind the attack.
Syrian Defense Minister Fahed al- Fraij said Thursday that the army will "decisively" respond to any form of foreign military action, the state-TV reported.
Amid signs the U.S. is ready to attack Syria, 140 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed onto a letter, demanding President Barack Obama get authorization of Congress before going ahead with the military strike.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned of "disastrous" consequences of a possible U.S. attack on Syria, saying that U.S. military intervention in Syria will be a "catastrophe" for the region, semi- official ISNA news agency reported.
Syrians are getting jittery about their destiny and the future of their homeland as the possibility of a U.S. strike on Syria seems to be growing minute by minute.
Moscow finds it untimely to talk about potential UN sanctions against Damascus before investigators submit a report on alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet Tuesday on U.S. threat of a military action against neighboring Syria over alleged use of chemical weapons by government troops, Israel's Army Radio reported.
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.
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