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The president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, has said he will a plan to destroy his country's chemical weapons. He told from Fox News that it might take one to do this. Mr Assad said: "I think it is a very operation technically, and it needs a of money. Some say about $1 billion." He added: "It is very bad for the . If the American government is to pay this money and take the responsibility of bringing toxic to the United States, why don’t they do it?" America wants Syria to agree to a United Nations resolution that includes American military action if Syria does not keep its . However, Russia said no to this.

President Assad again told the world that carried out a chemical weapons attack in Damascus last month. America says it has that shows Syria's used the sarin gas, not the rebels. Mr Assad said America was . Russia says there is not enough that Syria's army was responsible. Russia's foreign minister said he has evidence that showed the rebels were of the sarin attack. Mr Assad explained how the rebels could have used the gas. He said: "Sarin gas is called gas. You know why? Because anybody can make sarin in his . Any rebel can make sarin." He also said Syria was in "a new of war” because fighters from more than 80 had joined the rebels.

 
 

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