Arab League blames regime for gas attack

The Arab League yesterday accused the Syrian regime of carrying out chemical weapons attacks in Damascus suburbs last week.
Permanent representatives condemned the "horrible crime carried out with internationally prohibited chemical weapons" and put the "entire responsibility" on President Bashar al-Assad's regime, at an emergency meeting in Cairo.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia yesterday called for "firm and serious" action against the Syrian regime for its alleged chemical weapons attack as Washington weighed military action.
"The situation calls for a firm and serious attitude to put an end to the human tragedy of the Syrian people," said Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, charging the regime had "lost its Arab identity".