US President Barack Obama has postponed Congress’ vote on military action in Syria to pursue diplomacy to remove Bashar al-Assad’s arsenal of chemical weapons, but issues over how to enforce this plan remain.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said that France will propose a resolution to the UN Security Council to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control.
Russia has urged the Syrian regime to give up their stockpiles of chemical weapons to “international control” in an attempt to avoid US military action.
Aid agencies responding to the Syrian crisis are updating contingency plans and pre-positioning stocks, warning that any US-led military action against Syria could lead to an increase in humanitarian needs.
US President Barack Obama has won the backing of key political figures from across the aisle in the US for his plans for a military strike on Syria.