News about Syria

[ltr]U.S. officials have ruled out a military option against Assad[/ltr]
[ltr]Date Posted: 1:09 pm, September 14, 2013[/ltr]
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[ltr]BAGHDAD (Independent) ... Americans and Russians resume their talks on the dismantling of Syria's chemical arsenal, while the United Nations has accused Damascus regime of committing crimes against humanity and called on the international community for resolute action, U.S. officials have ruled out a military option against Assad.[/ltr]


[ltr]Intensify U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov talks in an effort to reach agreement on measures to dismantle the Syrian chemical arsenal.[/ltr]


[ltr]Resumes Americans and Russians on Saturday (September 14 / September 2013) in Geneva talks to reach a plan to dismantle the arsenal of chemical Syria, which entered into a phase of "critical" under the pressure of the United Nations, which has accused on Friday the Damascus regime of committing "numerous crimes against humanity."[/ltr]


[ltr]On the other hand, said senior officials in the administration of President Barack Obama said the United States does not expect to include the decision of the UN Security Council regarding the Syrian chemical weapons, the possibility of using military force because of opposition from Russia. The statements indicated that Washington would not insist that the UN resolution includes the use of force.[/ltr]


[ltr]The officials, who spoke with a group of reporters on condition of anonymity that the United States would insist instead that the decision includes a number of sanctions if Syria refused to give up chemical weapons can be verified.[/ltr]


[ltr]This has brought down the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Friday grim shadow on the talks, which began Thursday in Switzerland, stressing that the report of the International Organization experts "will be saved smoking gun" to use chemical weapons in Syria, without the Syrian regime that holds direct responsibility.[/ltr]


[ltr]But the Secretary-General clearly accused President Bashar al-Assad of committing "numerous crimes against humanity" and expressed his "conviction that those responsible will be held accountable when everything ends."[/ltr]

[ltr]And Ban Ki-moon stressed that "shared" the international community "questioning" in Damascus's desire to dismantle its chemical arsenal under international supervision, as suggested by Moscow.[/ltr]

[ltr]He also demanded that "the international community to carry out a firm and decisive action" if the report found the United Nations Committee of Experts that the attack on Damascus Ghouta where chemical weapons were used.[/ltr]


[ltr]The Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an interview with "France 24", that the United Nations is doing its best to organize "during the October / November" peace conference in Syria has become known as the "Geneva 2," But he added: "We will have to We work very hard "to reach such a conference.[/ltr]


[ltr]And is awaiting a report of the United Nations experts on Monday, according to Paris. They are experts who have achieved in the field on the accusations of a massacre of chemical weapons in the August 21 / August near Damascus. The poison gas attack resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,400 people dead. But the task of experts do not require identifying those responsible for the use of this weapon. (End)[/ltr]






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Kerry: removal of chemical Syria or Chapter VII

Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 13:04 GMT Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi - Sky News Arabia
Detection and U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Saturday, that it had reached with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to agree on a plan for the disarmament of chemical weapons Syria, stressing that the two countries are committed to the application of Chapter VII action in case of non-compliance Damascus.

On the third day of talks and Foreign Ministers regarding the elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons program, Kerry said, Ashtun and Moscow agreed on the number and type of chemical weapons Syria, stressing that Syria should provide a comprehensive list within a week.

While Kerry said in a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Geneva that the two countries agree on a UN resolution under Chapter VII on Syria, Lavrov stressed that the decision "based on consensus and compromise," adding that the talks have reached the target.

The agreement aims U.S. - Russian, to remove the Syrian chemical weapons by mid-2014, on the Syrian authorities to allow international inspectors to enter its territory no later than next November in order to verify the process of destruction of the chemical arsenal.

However, the two ministers answer questions from journalists revealed variation in the position of the two countries on the response not to the likes of Damascus to the plan, as Lavrov said that the agreement does not include anything about the possible use of force, while Kerry stressed that there is no prior agreement on Security Council action.

This comes with the end of the third day of talks between the two ministers on the initiative put forward by Moscow and agreed to put Damascus Syrian chemical weapons stockpile under international supervision order destroyed, and then pledged to adhere to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

It is noteworthy that the joint press conference of the two ministers coincided with word of the U.S. President, Barack Obama, which expressed its readiness to give a chance to diplomatic efforts on the file of the Syrian chemical weapons, but he warned that the military option is still on the table in case it failed.

Obama said in his weekly "Russia will not recognize statements and (Syrian President Bashar) Assad. We need to see concrete steps to prove that Assad is serious about giving up its chemical weapons."

The U.S. president added, "including that the plan appeared only under a credible threat of U.S. military action, we will keep on our military in the region to keep the pressure on the Assad regime."

Commenting on the talks, U.S. Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart, Obama said, "I have made it clear that it can not constitute a tactic designed to stall."

He stressed that "any agreement must be achieved from the Assad regime's commitment to and Russia their commitments, and this means working to develop the Syrian chemical weapons under international supervision and eventually down to the destruction."

It is worth mentioning that Russia put forward the initiative of the Syrian destruction of chemical weapons after Washington threatened to use force independently of the United Nations in response to an attack with chemical weapons on August 21, Rural Damascus.


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