"We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out, and if that`s so, then there need to be international consequences. I have no interest in any kind of open- ended conflict in Syria," Obama saod.Washington (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he has not made a decision about how to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria`s internal conflict.
"I have not made a decision," the president said in an interview with the "PBS News Hour" at the White House, reiterating he is weighing options in the wake of the chemical attack in the suburbs of Damascus, capital of Syria, on Aug. 21, in which as many as 1,300 people were reportedly killed.
"We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out, and if that`s so, then there need to be international consequences," he added. "I have no interest in any kind of open- ended conflict in Syria."
Syria`s Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said Wednesday that Syria would surprise the "aggressors" in case of a U.S.-led military action, stressing that the West`s colonial threats won`t intimidate the Syrian administration, state-TV reported.
"We will surprise the aggressors with victory as we did in 1973 October war," al-Halqi said Wednesday.
He charged that the Western countries were "fabricating false scenarios for military intervention in Syria." (*)
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