Syria

Syria

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Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday recalled Parliament for an urgent discussion and vote on a possible military response to the reported chemical attack in Syria.

French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that his country is prepared to take action against those responsible for gassing people in Syria.

Italy insisted Tuesday that any military strike against Syria for its reported chemical attack on civilians must be authorized by the U.N. Security Council.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country would respond “with force” if Syria does anything to harm his nation.

Antonio Guterres, head of the United Nations refugee agency, warned Tuesday that Syria could be on the “verge of the abyss” as aid workers brace for a likely increase in the nearly 2 million refugees who already have fled the country’s civil war.

Source: Associated Press