UN chief warns Syria against using chemical weapons

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Syria’s regime against using its stockpile of chemical weapons today, warning of “huge consequences” if President Bashar Assad resorts to such weapons of mass destruction.

UN chief warns Syria against using chemical weapons

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Syria’s regime against using its stockpile of chemical weapons today, warning of “huge consequences” if President Bashar Assad resorts to such weapons of mass destruction.

Mr Ban also suggested that he would not favour an asylum deal for the Syrian leader as a way to end the country’s civil war and cautioned that the United Nations does not allow anyone “impunity”.

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