The President of the United States Barack Obama has said that US plans for military strikes on Syria could be put on hold if Bashar al-Assad’s government agrees to a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control.
"I want to make sure that norm against use of chemical weapons is maintained," Mr Obama told ABC News.
"That's in our national security interest. If we can do that without a military strike, that is overwhelmingly my preference."
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