叙利亚政府接受了俄罗斯提出的化武方案。俄罗斯提议，把叙利亚的化学武器置于国际控制之下，然后予以毁弃，以避免美国可能发动的军事打击。
叙利亚总理哈尔基说，叙利亚政府支持这项倡议，“以免叙利亚人流血”。
与此同时，法国外长法比尤斯说，法国将向联合国安理会提交一项决议草案，草案内容将包括谴责8月21日发生的化武袭击事件并呼吁由国际刑事法院惩罚元凶。
The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling to avoid a possible U.S. military strike.
Prime Minister Wael al-Halki said the government backed the initiative in order “to spare Syrian blood.”
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France will submit a draft resolution to the United Nation Security Council that would include a condemnation of the August 21 chemical weapons attack and call for those behind it to be punished at the International Criminal Court.