A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network shows rebel fighters and civilians surrounding the vehicles of the United Nations arms experts as they arrive to inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on Wednesday in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) he had not yet signed off on a plan to attack Syria, but action appeared likely after Washington stopped seeking a United Nations (UN) mandate.