Negotiations have begun on the proposed U.N. resolution that would put Syrian chemical weapons under international control, a French official said Sept. 11, AP reported.
The United States will carry out military strikes against Syria if its regime fails to neutralize its chemical weapons in accordance with a Russian initiative, Israeli President Shimon Peres said, AFP reported Sept. 11.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Sept. 12 to discuss the Syria crisis, an unnamed U.S. official said Sept. 10, AFP reported.
The U.N. Security Council has postponed its Sept. 10 meeting on Syria at the request of Russia, which had called for the talks, unnamed council envoys said, AFP reported.
The Russian proposal calling for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons to international control will not stop bloodshed in Syria, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said Sept. 10, Reuters reported.