MaliaJYy – Kerry: INTEL 'SAMSENG & PEMBUNUH' menunjukkan Assad melakukan serangan kimia. Amerika Syarikat Setiausaha Negara John Kerry berkata Jumaat bahawa masyarakat perisikan Amerika Syarikat telah membuat kesimpulan bahawa rejim Presiden Syria Bashar Al ‘Assad bertanggungjawab membunuh lebih daripada 1,000 orang dengan gas kimia minggu lalu berhampiran Damsyik.
Kerry: 'Intel' shows 'thug & murderer' Assad carried out chemical attack. United States Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the US intelligence community has concluded that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is responsible for killing more than 1,000 people with chemical gas last week near Damascus.
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Aktivis Syria memeriksa badan orang yang mereka katakan telah dibunuh oleh gas saraf di rantau Ghouta, dalam kejiranan Duma dari Damsyik 21 Ogos 2013 (Syrian activists inspect the bodies of people they say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013. (Reuters/Bassam Khabieh – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
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Tekanan antarabangsa telah membina untuk menyerang tentera di Syria ekoran serangan senjata kimia yang didakwa di pinggir bandar Damsyik. Barat telah meletakkan menyalahkan di kaki Presiden Assad, sebagai pemeriksa PBB menyiasat tapak serangan itu.(International pressure has been building for a military strike on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb. The West has laid the blame at the feet of President Assad, as UN inspectors probe the site of the attack).
Jumaat 30 ogos
16:14 GMT: NATO tidak akan mengambil bahagian dalam campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria, perikatan itu Setiausaha Agung, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, memberitahu akhbar Politiken Denmark. (16:14 GMT: NATO will not take part in military intervention in Syria, the alliance’s Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, told Denmark’s Politiken newspaper).
“Saya tidak menjangka apa-apa peranan NATO dalam tindak balas antarabangsa kepada [Assad] rejim,” kata Rasmussen, sambil menambah bahawa negara-negara individu akan membuat keputusan sama ada untuk mengambil bahagian dalam sebarang tindakan ketenteraan. “(I don’t foresee any NATO role in an international response to the [Assad] regime,” Rasmussen said, adding that individual countries would decide whether to take part in any military action).
16:02 GMT: Hampir 80% peratus daripada rakyat Amerika berkata Presiden Barack Obama harus menerima kelulusan Kongres sebelum pesanan campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria, menurut satu tinjauan baru oleh NBC News. 50% peratus daripada rakyat Amerika percaya Amerika Syarikat tidak perlu campur tangan. Sementara itu, 50% peratus menyokong tindakan ketenteraan jika ia adalah terhad untuk melancarkan peluru berpandu dari kapal perang Amerika Syarikat, tetapi 44% peratus berkata mereka menentang campur tangan tersebut. (Nearly 80 percent of Americans say President Barack Obama should receive approval from Congress before ordering military intervention in Syria, according to a new poll by NBC News. Fifty percent of Americans believe the US should not intervene. Meanwhile, 50 percent support military action if it is limited to launching cruise missiles from US warships, but 44 percent said they oppose such intervention).
15:43 Para penyiasat PBB menyelesaikan siasatan mereka di Ghouta, pinggir bandar Damsyik yang merupakan tapak serangan kimia yang didakwa, dan akan meninggalkan Syria pada Sabtu, ITAR-Tass agensi berita, berkata maklumat itu telah mengesahkan kepada wartawan mereka di tempat kejadian oleh jurucakap PBB Farhan Haq. (The UN investigators are finishing their investigation in Ghouta, the Damascus suburb that was the site of an alleged chemical attack, and will leave Syria by Saturday, ITAR-TASS news agency reported, saying the information was confirmed to their correspondent at the scene by UN spokesman Farhan Haq).
11:38 GMT: Pentadbiran Obama adalah untuk melepaskan perisikan mendedahkan laporan mengenai senjata kimia di Syria hari ini, seorang pegawai tertinggi memberitahu CBS News. (The Obama administration is to release declassified intelligence on chemical weapons in Syria today, a top official told CBS News).
10:20 GMT: Kerajaan Jerman telah menolak penglibatan di dalam sebarang tindakan ketenteraan. Ia tidak akan mempertimbangkan mana-mana “penyertaan tentera dan masih tidak berbuat demikian,” kata jurucakap kerajaan Steffen Seibert kepada pemberita.(The German government has ruled out participation in any military action. It will not consider any "military participation and still aren't doing so," government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters).
09:58 GMT: Rusia telah berkata ia akan membuat segala usaha untuk mengelak sebarang “Senario tentera” terhadap Syria. (Russia has said it will make all efforts to stave off any “military scenario” against Syria)
Moscow “tidak faham” mengapa pasukan PBB perlu meninggalkan Syria selepas menyiasat hanya satu tapak serangan kimia yang dikatakan itu, kenyataan yang berbunyi dikeluarkan oleh Kremlin. (Moscow “does not understand” why UN team should leave Syria after investigating only one site of an alleged chemical attack, statement issued by the Kremlin reads)
09:41 GMT: Pemeriksa Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu telah menuju ke sebuah hospital di pusat bandar Damsyik untuk bertemu doktor-doktor tempatan, laporan Reuters, memetik seorang saksi yang menambah bahawa ahli-ahli pasukan “tidak membawa perisai badan, menunjukkan mereka tidak akan menyeberang ke wilayah pemberontak-diadakan.”(United Nations inspectors have headed to a hospital in central Damascus to meet local doctors, Reuters reports, citing a witness who added that team members “were not carrying body armor, indicating they would not cross into rebel-held territory).”
09:20 GMT: Perancis berkata, walaupun undi parlimen British terhadap tindakan ketenteraan di Syria, ia boleh mengambil tindakan terhadap rejim pemerintah untuk senjata kimia jelas menyerang walaupun tanpa penglibatan UK. (France says despite a British parliamentary vote against military action in Syria, it may take measures against the ruling regime for an apparent chemical weapons attack even without the UK’s involvement).
Bercakap kepada harian Perancis Le Monde, Presiden Hollande tidak menolak bahawa campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria boleh berlaku pada Rabu, apabila Parlimen adalah untuk bertemu dalam sesi yang luar biasa untuk membincangkan isu itu. (Speaking to French daily Le Monde, President Hollande did not rule out that military intervention in Syria may take place by Wednesday, when the parliament is to meet in an extraordinary session to discuss the issue).
08:42 GMT: Al ‘Arabiya melaporkan dakwaan pembangkang bahawa kerajaan Syria telah menempatkan semula pejabat politik ke sekolah-sekolah dan universiti, lebih selamat jika dalam kes serangan oleh Barat berlaku. (Al Arabiya reports opposition claims that the Syrian government has relocated its political offices to schools and universities, to be safer in case a strike by the West takes place)
08:38 GMT: Tentera Syria mungkin memiliki S-300 peluru berpandu permukaan-ke-udara dalam senjata - mengikut Al Arabiya. (The Syrian army could possess the S-300 surface-to-air missiles in its arsenal – according to Al Arabiya).
08:30 GMT: Tiada sokongan awam untuk campur tangan tentera Barat di Syria kaji selidik yang dilakukan di Amerika Syarikat dan negara-negara bersekutu mendedahkan bahawa orang-orang membantah tentera negara mereka berjuang dalam satu lagi peperangan di Timur Tengah itu. (There’s no public support for the Western military intervention in Syria as the surveys performed in the US and its allied states reveal that people object their country’s troops fighting in yet another the Middle Eastern war).
Tinjauan yang dilakukan oleh Huffington Post dan YouGov menunjukkan bahawa hanya 25% peratus daripada rakyat Amerika percaya bahawa tindak balas tentera diperlukan selepas serangan kimia didakwa minggu lepas atas orang awam oleh kerajaan Syria Bashar Assad. (The poll performed by Huffington Post and YouGov showed that only 25 percent of the Americans believe that military response is required after the last week’s alleged chemical attack on civilians by the Syrian government of Bashar Assad).
Hanya 9% peratus rakyat Britain mahu melihat tentera mereka yang mengambil bahagian dalam konflik di Syria, yang telah dijalankan sejak Mac 2011, dengan kaji selidik di Perancis dan Jerman juga menunjukkan pembangkang awam terhadap campur tangan Barat. (Just 9 percent of Britons want to see their military taking part in the Syrian conflict, which has been underway since March 2011, with surveys in France and Germany also indicating public opposition towards Western intervention).
Khamis, 29 Ogos
23:13 GMT: Presiden Obama bersedia untuk membuat keputusan mengenai tindakan ketenteraan terhadap Syria sendiri, “ demi kepentingan Amerika Syarikat,” White House dalam satu kenyataan selepas Parlimen British menolak usul meluluskan penglibatan tentera di UK dalam gabungan anti- Assad. (President Obama is prepared to decide on military action against Syria on his own, “in the best interests of the US,” the White House said in a statement after the British Parliament rejected a motion approving the UK’s military involvement in the anti-Assad coalition).
22:32 GMT: Mana-mana kemungkinan penglibatan British dalam kempen ketenteraan di Syria telah berkesan diperintah keluar selepas penggubal undang-undang British mengundi ke prospek dalam parlimen , berharga pada Amerika Syarikat sekutu negara yang paling dekat dalam serangan yang berpotensi. (Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect in parliament, costing the US the nation’s closest ally in a potential strike).
Selepas kekalahan di Parlimen , UK Perdana Menteri, David Cameron mengakui ia adalah jelas bahawa Britain tidak mahu tindakan dan berkata beliau “akan bertindak dengan sewajarnya.” (After the defeat in the parliament, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron admitted it was clear that Britons did not want action and said he “will act accordingly.)”
20:48 GMT: Rusia panggil mesyuarat Majlis Keselamatan PBB mengenai situasi yang sedang membangun di Syria telah gagal untuk mencapai keputusan pada hari Khamis. Perbincangan yang berlangsung selama kurang daripada satu jam berakhir sebagai pihak gagal mencapai perjanjian dengan duta China, Perancis , Britain, Rusia dan Amerika Syarikat secara beransur-ansur meninggalkan ceramah. (The Russian called meeting of the UN Security Council on the developing situation in Syria has failed to achieve results on Thursday. The discussions which lasted for less than an hour ended as sides failed to reach an agreement with the ambassadors of China, France, Britain, Russia and the United States gradually leaving the talks).
Ini adalah kali yang ke-2, tetap 5 bertemu untuk membincangkan resolusi diserahkan UK di Syria. Pada hari Rabu , Majlis Keselamatan bertemu untuk membahaskan draf resolusi yang boleh membuka jalan untuk campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria. (This is the second time, the permanent five met to discuss the UK submitted resolution on Syria. On Wednesday, the Security Council met to debate the draft resolution that could pave the way for military intervention in Syria).
Rusia masih sangat menentang campur tangan asing, memetik bahawa tidak ada bukti bahawa rejim Syria bertanggungjawab untuk serangan kimia yang dikatakan itu Rabu lepas. (Russia remains strongly opposed to foreign interference, citing that there is no proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for the alleged chemical attack last Wednesday).
Amerika Syarikat dan sekutu-sekutunya di Eropah telah membuat jelas mereka fikir balas ketenteraan diperlukan terhadap kerajaan yang mereka difikirkan bertanggungjawab untuk serangan itu. (The US and its European allies have made clear they think a military response is needed against the government that they thinks is responsible for the attack).
20:36 GMT: Dalam persediaan untuk serangan didapati di Syria, Presiden Barack Obama telah mengadakan perbincangan telefon dengan Speaker Dewan John Boehner, jurucakap Boehner, Khamis. Perbincangan tertumpu kepada isu-isu yang dibangkitkan Boehner dalam surat kepada Presiden, yang terdiri daripada objektif yang mungkin untuk premis undang-undang untuk apa-apa aktiviti. (In preparation for a possible strike on Syria, President Barack Obama had a phone discussion with the Speaker of the House John Boehner, a spokesman for Boehner said Thursday. The discussion focused on issues Boehner raised in his letter to the President, ranging from possible objectives to legal premises for such activity).
“Hanya presiden boleh menjawab soalan-soalan ini, dan ia adalah jelas bahawa dialog lagi dan berunding dengan Kongres, serta komunikasi dengan orang awam Amerika, akan diperlukan,” kata jurucakap Boehner Brendan Buck dalam satu kenyataan menambah berunding dengan Kongres dan awam yang diperlukan. "(Only the president can answer these questions, and it is clear that further dialogue and consultation with Congress, as well as communication with the American public, will be needed," Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said in a statement adding that consultation with Congress and the public was needed).
19:59 GMT: Beberapa pegawai Amerika Syarikat, termasuk seorang ahli kanan komuniti perisikan, memberitahu AP dengan syarat tidak mahu namanya disiarkan bahawa terdapat lubang ketara dalam penilaian perisikan Amerika Syarikat, yang White House berkata akan membuktikan tanggungjawab kerajaan Syria untuk penggunaan bahan kimia senjata pada 21 Ogos. (Several US officials, including one senior member of the intelligence community, told AP on condition of anonymity that there were noticeable holes in US intelligence assessments, which the White House said would prove the Syrian government’s responsibility for the use of chemical weapons on August 21).
Menurut Pejabat Pengarah untuk laporan Perisikan Negara dipetik oleh AP, bukti Amerika Syarikat terhadap rejim Syria "adalah tebal dengan kaveat” dan mengandungi jurang yang mendapat di jalan meletakkan senjata kimia digunakan secara langsung dalam tangan Assad. (According to an Office of the Director for National Intelligence report cited by the AP, the US evidence against the Syrian regime “is thick with caveats” and contains gaps that are getting in the way of putting the chemical weapon use directly in the hands of Assad).
19:38 GMT: Rakyat di seluruh Eropah telah membuat bantahan terhadap tindakan yang mungkin tentera kuasa-kuasa Barat menentang Syria. (GMT: People across Europe have protested against the Western powers’ possible military action against Syria).
Penunjuk perasaan dengan sepanduk anti-perang dan pro-Syria berarak di UK, Perancis, Jerman, Greece dan Ukraine. (Demonstrators with anti-war and pro-Syrian placards marched in the UK, France, Germany, Greece and Ukraine).
Penunjuk perasaan memegang pelekat semasa protes terhadap potensi penglibatan tentera British di Syria pada perhimpunan di luar Bangunan Parlimen di tengah London pada 29 Ogos, 2013. (Demonstrators hold up placards during a protest against potential British military involvement in Syria at a gathering outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on August 29, 2013. (AFP Photo/Andrew Cowie – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Penyokong sayap kiri Die Linke pihak protes di hadapan Brandenburg Gate di Berlin terhadap kemungkinan tindakan ketenteraan Barat di Syria. Pelekat yang berbunyi: "Bom tidak membuat kebaikan" (Supporters of the left-wing Die Linke party protest in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin against possible Western military action in Syria. The placards read: "Bombs don't make peace!" (Reuters/Thomas Peter – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Komunis Ukraine memegang bendera Syria yang mengandungi gambar Presiden Syria Bashar Al ‘Assad semasa protes dalam menyokong dan menentang lawatan NATO Tetap Mine Countermeasure Kumpulan SNMCMG2 untuk Sevastopol pada Ogos 29, 2013 (Ukrainian communists hold a Syrian flag bearing the picture of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during a protest in his support and against the visit of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasure Group SNMCMG2 to Sevastopol on August 29, 2013. (AFP Photo/Vasiliy Batanov – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
19:01 GMT: pegawai-pegawai Amerika Syarikat telah menolak perbandingan serangan mungkin terhadap Syria untuk perang di Iraq. (US officials have rejected comparisons of the possible strike against Syria to the war in Iraq).
“Kami tidak mengingati jawapan serupa dalam apa jua cara . . . Kami tidak akan mengulangi kesilapan yang perang di Iraq,” Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat jurucakap Marie Harf kepada pemberita semasa taklimat harian. “(We’re not considering analogous responses in any way… We are not going to repeat the mistakes of the Iraq war,” US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters during a daily briefing).
“Tiada siapa yang bercakap tentang campur tangan tentera besar-besaran,” Harf menambah, pemerintah daripada Amerika “kasut atas darat” di Syria, serta “mana-mana pilihan tentera bertujuan untuk perubahan rejim.” “(Nobody is talking about a large-scale military intervention,” Harf added, ruling out American “boots on the ground” in Syria, as well as “any military options aimed at regime change).”
White House juga diminta untuk tidak menarik analogi dengan penglibatan Amerika Syarikat sebelumnya dalam konflik Timur Tengah, atau pra-perang Iraq perbahasan mengenai risikan mengenai senjata pemusnah massa. (The White House also asked not to draw analogies with previous US involvement in the Middle East conflicts, or the pre-Iraq war debate about intelligence on the weapons of mass destruction).
Sambutan tentera mungkin ke Syria akan menjadi “sangat diskret dan terhad.” dan tidak konflik terbuka yang bertujuan untuk menggulingkan Presiden Syria Bashar Assad, White House Utama Timbalan Setiausaha Akhbar Josh Earnest katanya. (The possible military response to Syria would be “very discrete and limited,” and not an open-ended conflict aimed at toppling Syrian President Bashar Assad, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said).
White House Timbalan Setiausaha Akhbar Josh Earnest tiba untuk sesi taklimat harian di White House 29 Ogos 2013 di Washington, DC. (White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest arrives for a daily briefing at the White House August 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
18:30 GMT: Amerika Syarikat akan memberi justifikasi sendiri undang-undang bagi tindak balas kepada menggunakan senjata kimia di Syria, jika perlu, White House Timbalan Setiausaha Utama Akhbar Josh Earnest berkata semasa taklimat. (The US would provide its own legal justification for a response to chemical weapons use in Syria, if necessary, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a briefing).
“Apabila presiden mencapai penentuan mengenai tindak balas yang sesuai . . . dan justifikasi undang-undang yang diperlukan untuk menyokong atau untuk menyokong keputusan itu, kami akan menghasilkan satu pada kita sendiri, “kata jurucakap itu. “(When the president reaches a determination about the appropriate response... and a legal justification is required to substantiate or to back up that decision, we’ll produce one on our own,” the spokesman said).
Beliau menambah bahawa kerajaan Amerika Syarikat adalah “kecewa” dengan kedudukan Rusia di Majlis Keselamatan PBB, tetapi ia tidak akan mempengaruhi keputusan Presiden Obama. (He added that the US government is “disappointed” with the Russian position in the UN Security Council, but that it will not influence President Obama’s decision).
17:43 GMT: China telah bercakap menentang campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria dan menggesa negara-negara lain tidak meletakkan tekanan ke atas pasukan penyiasatan PBB.(China has spoken against military intervention in Syria and urged other nations not to put pressure on the UN investigation team).
“China menyokong perlakuan yang adil, objektif dan profesional dilakukan [UN] siasatan tanpa melakukan pengerahan tenaga apa-apa tekanan dari luar,” kata Menteri Luar China Wang Yi, memanggil semua pihak untuk “menahan diri dari ramalan keputusan, apatah lagi menjalankan apa-apa jenis tindakan.” “(China supports the conduct of a fair, objective and professionally done [UN] investigation without exertion of any pressure from the outside,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, calling all the sides to “refrain from forecasting the results, let alone undertaking any kind of actions).”
Wang Yi juga menegaskan bahawa masyarakat antarabangsa perlu berpegang kepada cara diplomatik apabila berhadapan dengan konflik di Syria, dan menegaskan bahawa campur tangan tentera hanya akan memburukkan lagi krisis Timur Tengah. (Wang Yi also stressed that the international community should stick to diplomatic means when dealing with the conflict in Syria, and pointed out that military intervention will only worsen the Middle East crisis).
Menteri Luar China Wang Yi (Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AFP Photo/Hoang Dinh Ham – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
17:14 GMT: Para penyiasat PBB akan kembali ke Syria dan meneruskan penyiasatan terhadap penggunaan senjata kimia selepas membuat laporan kepada ibu pejabat PBB, kata jurucakap PBB Farhan Haq kepada pemberita. (The UN investigators will return to Syria and continue investigation of the use of chemical weapons after reporting to UN headquarters, UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters).
Sementara itu, PBB dan Liga Arab Duta ke Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi berkata, penyiasat masih belum ditentukan apa bahan telah digunakan dalam serangan yang dikatakan itu dan sedang menunggu keputusan analisis. (Meanwhile, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said the investigators have not yet determined what substance was used in the alleged attack and are awaiting the results of the analysis).
Brahimi enggan mengulas mengenai laporan serangan berlaku Barat di Syria, berkata beliau mempunyai “tiada pengetahuan” isu itu. (Brahimi refused to comment on reports of an imminent Western strike on Syria, saying he has “no knowledge” of the issue).
17:00 GMT: 5 anggota tetap Majlis Keselamatan PBB akan bertemu lagi hari ini untuk membincangkan dakwaan serangan senjata kimia di Syria, Reuters yang memetik sumber diplomatik PBB sebagai berkata. (The five permanent members of the UN Security Council will meet again Thursday to discuss the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, Reuters cited a UN diplomatic source as saying).
Mesyuarat Rusia, Cina, Perancis, wakil Amerika Syarikat dan United Kingdom akan berlaku pada 18:30 GMT, kata sumber itu dengan syarat tidak mahu namanya disiarkan. (The meeting of Russian, Chinese, French, US and UK representatives will take place at 18:30 GMT, the source said on condition of anonymity).
Mesyuarat itu dilaporkan diminta oleh Rusia. (The meeting was reportedly requested by Russia).
16:38 GMT: Perdana Menteri Kanada Stephen Harper berkata, kerajaan menyokong tentera di Syria banyak senjata kimia, tetapi bahawa Kanada tidak mempunyai rancangan untuk menghantar tentera. (Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government supports military in Syria over chemical weapons, but that Canada had no plans to send troops).
Harper berkata terdapat risiko dakwaan serangan kimia senjata yang boleh menetapkan satu “precedent yang amat berbahaya” jika masyarakat antarabangsa tidak bertindak.(Harper said there was a risk the alleged chemical weapons attack could set an “extremely dangerous precedent” if the international community did not act).
16:09 GMT: Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat telah dikerahkan pemusnah ke-5 ke Mediterranean timur sebelum serangan didapati di Syria, AFP memetik Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat pegawai Jabatan sebagai berkata. (The US Navy has deployed a fifth destroyer to the eastern Mediterranean ahead of a possible strike on Syria, AFP cited a US Defense Department official as saying).
USS Stout, pemusnah peluru berpandu, telah memasuki Mediterranean untuk melegakan lain kapal, USS Mahan, kata pegawai itu dengan syarat tidak mahu namanya disiarkan.(The USS Stout, a guided missile destroyer, has entered the Mediterranean to relieve another ship, the USS Mahan, the official said on condition of anonymity).
Beliau berkata kedua-dua kapal mungkin kekal di tempat untuk tempoh yang tidak ditentukan masa. (He added that both ships might remain in place for an unspecified period of time).
Lain-lain pemusnah Amerika Syarikat di rantau itu - Ramage USS, USS Barry dan USS serius - bersedia untuk melancarkan peluru berpandu Tomahawk ke arah Syria harus Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama memberi perintah itu. (Other US destroyers in the region – the USS Ramage, the USS Barry and the USS Gravely – are ready to launch Tomahawk missiles toward Syria should US President Barack Obama give the order).
USS Stout (DDG 55), pemusnah peluru berpandu (USS Stout (DDG 55), a guided-missile destroyer (AFP Photo/Gary A. Prill – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
15:48 GMT: Itali tidak akan menyertai mana-mana operasi ketenteraan terhadap Damsyik tanpa kebenaran daripada Majlis Keselamatan PBB, Perdana Menteri Itali Enrico Letta katanya. (Italy will not join any military operation against Damascus without authorization from the UN Security Council, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said).
Walaupun meletakkan menyalahkan untuk senjata kimia yang didakwa digunakan pada rejim Assad dalam temu bual dengan RAI negeri radio, Letta menegaskan bahawa Itali tidak akan mengambil bahagian dalam serangan terhadap Syria “jika Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu tidak menyokong.” (While putting the blame for the alleged chemical weapons use on the Assad regime in an interview with RAI state radio, Letta stressed that Italy would not participate in a strike against Syria “if the United Nations doesn’t back it).”
