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A blow to the Assad regime is more likely. After the US and UK is preparing a use in Syria. This was announced by the government spokesman. Assad’s foreign minister made ​​it clear that military operations would nevertheless not stopped to Damascus.

After the US and Britain responded to the use of poison gas in Syrian Civil War. The British forces were preparing contingency plans for a military intervention in Syria, said the government spokesman. This is being done in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons of the Assad regime.

Prime Minister David Cameron is to take this Wednesday a meeting of the National Security Council in London. It also military will participate. It is expected that the government in London also recalls parliament before the summer break. This will be decided later in the day, Cameron’s spokesman said.

UK  blames the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad for the possible poison gas attack on civilians in the region around Damascus. The rebels say up to 1,300 dead. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Prime Minister Cameron had already repeatedly stated that there was little doubt that the Assad regime is responsible for it. Hague had also said a unanimous vote of the Security Council is not necessarily required for a military intervention.

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Prime Minister Cameron described the attacks with chemical weapons on Tuesday in front of reporters as “absolutely disgusting”. They would make an “appropriate response” to the international community needed along with Britain. “Any decision will be taken in the strict international framework,” Cameron said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry had already made it clear on Monday that Washington has no doubt that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against civilians. But it is still unclear how the U.S. government will react. President Barack Obama is reportedly planning a targeted missile attack on Syrian Army facilities, such as the “Washington Post” reported.

NATO will discuss in Brussels on Thursday to Syria, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in Rome. She made it clear that Italy would not join any possible military intervention in Syria without a mandate from the UN Security Council. The use of poison gas, as it is currently being reviewed by UN inspectors in Syria, was a war crime, they said. Bonino warned against a hasty intervention. An alternative she sees to bring Assad to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

War In Syria: “This is no Sunday stroll”

Russia, China and Iran on Tuesday warned against a military strike. “We call on our colleagues in the U.S. and all members of the international community to show restraint,” it said in the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry. International law must be respected. A foreign military action without UN mandate “would cause new suffering in Syria would have disastrous consequences for other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.”

Such an attack would be dangerous and irresponsible, it said in a comment to the official Xinhua news agency in China. The world should also remember that the war in Iraq was justified by the United States so that there were weapons of mass destruction in the country. This was later known to be false.

The regime in Damascus denies the use of chemical weapons. It accused the rebels instead to have used poison gas. According to the organization Doctors Without Borders 3600 people with symptoms of poisoning have been treated by nerve poison in three hospitals under its management. 355 of them had died. The opposition in Syria says up to 1,300 dead.

The UN experts could not continue as planned to investigate the allegations of poison gas because of the bad security situation on Tuesday. The government gave the rebels to blame for this delay. “The armed men in the area could not agree who should guarantee the protection of the team,” said Foreign Minister Muallem. The planned trip to the District Al-Al-Ghuta Scharkija was therefore postponed to Wednesday.

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