...Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is doing everything to prevent a US strike in Syria, addressed his country's proposal to inspect and monitor the Assad regime's chemical weapons on Tuesday. In a statement he made to Arabic-language channel Russia Al-Youm, Putin said that "we hope Syria will not suffice with heaving the chemical weapons under international supervision, but also agrees to destroy it...
...In a hearing with the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, Kerry said that the US still awaits a concrete and verifiable Russian plan to remove chemical weapons from Syria, but will not wait for long and will not accept any delaying tactics. He added that "we all hope" that the transfer of Assad's chemical weapons will be the solution to the crisis...