The road to Damascus is long and full of dangers. If, on the one hand, the insistent accusations of the use of chemical weapons by the government are accelerating the process, on the other, the Russian niet could pose some more obstacles.
The last to express his opinion on the Syrian question was the US Secretary of State John Kerry: “The attack with chemical weapons on Wednesday 21 August in Syria shook the conscience of the world – he said -. It was indiscriminate and on a large scale. The killing of civilians is a moral obscenity. The use of these weapons as an attempt to cover up their appeal offends all humanity”. Kerry then added that "President Barack Obama believes that whoever is responsible should be held accountable".
For the US secretary of state, the Syrian regime has "something to hide". The allies are evaluating "further information" on what happened: "The number of victims reported, the symptoms reported, the stories from humanitarian organizations on the ground indicate that these images are a howl at us, chemical weapons were used in Syria".
The Syrian question once again affects the already troubled relations between the United States and Russia. The US State Department has announced that the scheduled meeting with Moscow will be postponed. The decision is related to the need to develop an adequate response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The meeting was scheduled for tomorrow in The Hague. The aim was to discuss the project of a peace conference to end the civil war in Syria. However, a senior US State Department official announced the postponement due to "consultations underway to find an appropriate response after the chemical weapons attack in Syria on August 21".
Wendy Sherman, undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department, US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, and Russian ministers Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov were due to meet.
Meanwhile, Iran, through the Foreign Ministry spokesman, reiterated that an attack on Syria would have "serious consequences throughout the Middle East region". Tehran is calling for a political solution that doesn't involve attack.
But the aggression, if it ever occurs, will have "limited scope and duration," reports the Washington Post. According to the American newspaper, President Barack Obama is considering a two-day blitzkrieg with sea-launched missiles against military targets not directly linked to the chemical arsenal.
