Threat of Western strikes hangs over Syria, U.S., France assail Assad at U.N.

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and its ally France assailed Syria's Bashar al-Assad at the United Nations on Friday for using chemical weapons as the prospect of U.S.-led military action that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East.

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