WASHINGTON, D.C.: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned for the first time on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that chances for a political settlement in Syria could be undermined by the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons.

Kerry spoke by phone on Friday with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari and the pair discussed Syria and talks set to be held on the crisis in Geneva, the State Department said.

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