The UN Security Council has called for “a thorough, impartial and prompt investigation” of the latest allegation of chemical weapons use in Syria.

Russia remained at loggerheads with the US and its European allies ahead of a United Nations Security Council vote tonight on a new Syria resolution.

SYRIA’S army stormed another two towns yesterday in pursuit of anti-regime protesters, activists said, in defiance of Western calls for action after a “chilling” UN Security Council briefing.