US President Barack #Obama has held a televised address to the nation to explain US policy on #Syria's chemical weapons http://bbc.in/15PijID
He said
the Syrian government was clearly responsible for the use of
chemical weapons that killed more than 1,000 people last month.He said
He said the US would work with Russia on its proposal to persuade Syria to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile but would maintain the threat of force should diplomacy fail.