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Decision to relinquish chemical weapons not weakness: Syrian government official

Syria's acceptance of a proposal to relinquish its chemical weapons stockpile should not be interpreted as a concession or sign of weakness, a senior government official said Wednesday. Damascus' agreement, he added, has removed one of the pretexts for foreign airstrikes against Syria.

Will Syria crisis create a new world order that favours Russia?

There may still be hope over the Syrian conundrum following Kerry’s offer to not resort to the military option at all if Syria were to turn “every single bit” of its chemical weapons arsenal to the international community by the end of this week.

Assad denies chemical weapons attack, dares US to produce evidence

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people, as the White House on Sunday pressed ahead with the uphill effort of persuading Congress to approve a military strike to punish Assad.