US Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned what he termed the “moral obscenity” of the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons against its own people.<\/p>\n
He said footage of the alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus was “real and compelling” and “undeniable”.<\/p>\n
He said President Barack Obama was considering a response.<\/p>\n
It comes hours after UN chemical weapons inspectors came under attack near the Syrian capital.<\/p>\n
The team was dispatched to five sites around Damascus where hundreds of people were reported to have been killed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“What we saw in Syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. It defies any code of morality,” Mr Kerry said in a televised statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
The US administration had additional information about that attack that it would make public in the days ahead, he added.<\/p>\n
He said the delay in allowing UN inspectors to the sites of the alleged chemical weapons attack were signs the Syrian government had something to hide.<\/p>\n
“Attacking the area, shelling and systematically destroying evidence is not the behaviour of a government that has nothing to hide. The regime’s belated decision to allow access is too late… to be credible,” Mr Kerry said.<\/p>\n
The Syrian government has denied launching any chemical attacks.<\/p>\n
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