The administration of US President Barack Obama said Tuesday it has moved beyond the question of whether or not chemical weapons were used in Syria last week, and by whom, and is now working with other nations – though not Russia – to determine the appropriate response.
In a phone conversation Tuesday, Russia’s foreign minister rejected a claim made by his US counterpart that Syria's government was to blame for the use of chemical weapons against its own civilians.
State support is crucial for Russia’s modern aircraft industry, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.
Even as the international community fiercely debated which side might be responsible for the apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, the United States and several other nations agreed such tactics should warrant foreign military intervention for the first time since the bloody civil war began in 2011.