BREAKING: Russia Warns Syria Against Using Chemical Weapons After "Talk Of Using It 2 weeks Ago"; India Asks Its Citizens To Leave Syria

Russia warned Syria on Tuesday not to use chemical weapons and said it assumed its ally would adhere to its international obligations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Syria in 1968 had ratified a 1925 international protocol that bars the use of poison gases as a method of warfare.

"The Russian side proceeds from the assumption that Syrian authorities will continue to strictly adhere to the undertaken international obligations," it said in a statement.

There has been a barrage of warnings about Syria's chemical arsenal this month, especially strident from the United States and Israel, but this is now accompanied by firm but private advice from Russia, Assad's main international ally, to put an end to speculation he might use it.

One Western diplomat in the region said: "There was talk of them using it two weeks ago, but the Russians intervened quickly to stop him.

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Last Edited by DL on 07/24/2012 01:40 PM