Pedestrians walk past a placard that reads ‘Stop Obama’s War’ outside the Los Angeles Covention Center in California on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as United States President Barack Obama said a Russian plan to secure Syria’s chemical weapons could be a “significant breakthrough” but warned he had not taken US strikes off the table. AFP PHOTO
MOSCOW: Russia’s proposal to stave off threatened United States (US) strikes Syria through a handover of chemical weapons received a cautious welcome on Tuesday even from backers of military action, with President Barack Obama describing the idea as a “potential breakthrough.”