Speaking on Friday about the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this week, the US President Barack Obama said that it was a "big event of grave concern" and would "require America's attention".
Despite calls from many states for the Assad regime to effectively 'prove' its innocence by the allowing the UN's chemical weapons inspectors immediate access to the area and investigate, there is no sign of the Assad regime relenting.
Speaking to CNN, Obama added,
Hague said,
Despite calls from many states for the Assad regime to effectively 'prove' its innocence by the allowing the UN's chemical weapons inspectors immediate access to the area and investigate, there is no sign of the Assad regime relenting.
Speaking to CNN, Obama added,
"The notion that the US can somehow solve what is a sectarian, complex problem inside of Syria sometimes is overstated."Commenting on the incident earlier today, the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, dismissed suggestions that the attack had been conducted by the Syrian rebels in an attempt to sabotage the Assad regime.
Hague said,
"I know that some people in the world would like to say that this is some kind of conspiracy brought about by the opposition in Syria,"See here also.
"I think the chances of that are vanishingly small and so we do believe that this is a chemical attack by the Assad regime."