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27/08/2013
No 10 Drawing Up Syrian Military Contingency Plan
Downing Street have announced they are drawing up contingency military plans in response to alleged chemical weapons use in Syria.
Revealing the plan, No 10 stressed that any action would be lawful, proportionate and follow agreement with international allies.
It has also been confirmed that Parliament will be recalled on Thursday.
It follows reports of a chemical weapon attack on Wednesday near Damascus, in which some 300 people were killed.
Syrian rebels have blamed the Assad government for the attack, but the government has said that it is a "deliberate lie" being used by the US to intervene in the country's ongoing military conflict.
(MH/JP)
Revealing the plan, No 10 stressed that any action would be lawful, proportionate and follow agreement with international allies.
It has also been confirmed that Parliament will be recalled on Thursday.
It follows reports of a chemical weapon attack on Wednesday near Damascus, in which some 300 people were killed.
Syrian rebels have blamed the Assad government for the attack, but the government has said that it is a "deliberate lie" being used by the US to intervene in the country's ongoing military conflict.
(MH/JP)
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