Syria Chemical Weapons Threat

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  European Leaders Vow Tougher Action On Chemical Weapons, Spying

  EU leaders on Friday pledged to crack down harder on chemical weapons and step up efforts to combat spying, as Europe frets about threats from Russia.

• Bashar Assad: We didn't bow to US threats

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted on Wednesday that his decision to destroy his stockpiles of chemical weapons was not forced upon him by the threat of US strikes.

• Syria chemical weapons deal a plus for all, says Barack Obama

  President Barack Obama says an agreement between the US and Russia not only offers a chance to destroy Syria's huge stockpile of chemical weapons, it promises to end the threat the weapons pose to the region and the world.

• Syria's Bashar al-Assad ready to hand over chemical arms: reports

  Syria has decided to cede control of its chemical weapons because of a Russian proposal and not the threat of US military intervention, Interfax news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a Russian television interview.

• Barack Obama delays Syria vote, says diplomacy may work

  President Barack Obama used a nationally televised address to make his case for military action against Syria, even as he recognized that diplomatic steps could render attacks unnecessary. He told war-weary Americans that the use of chemical weapons poses a threat to U.S. security and that America, with modest effort, "can stop children from being ...

• Russia asks Syria to hand over chemical weapons

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Monday on the Syrian regime to hand over control of its chemical weapons arsenal to international supervision as a way of staving off the threat of military action.

• Syria 'likely' to have used chemical weapons, says UK

  Britain said on Thursday it was "very likely" the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, and Turkey announced it was stepping up testing of people fleeing the Syrian civil war for traces.

• Syria chemical weapons could menace US: lawmakers

  Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned on Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there.