Secretary of State John Kerry issue a statement at 12:30 p.m. ET this afternoon regarding the situation in Syria (Watch the Kerry live stream below). The address comes just one day after the UK Parliament made a preliminary vote not to intervene in the augmented conflict in Syria regarding accusations that Syria President Bashar Hafez al-Assad knowingly and willingly used chemical weapons against his own civilian people on August 21 in the capital city of Damascus that killed hundreds and injured thousands more.
Kerry is likely to reinforce his own respective sentiments on the matter which he made abundantly clear during a press conference on Monday. Similarly,while addressing the press, Kerry called the alleged attack by Assad’s regime a “moral obscenity” that has shocked the world’s collective conscious. He further noted that “President Obama believes there must be accountability.”
Watch Secretary of State John Kerry make a statement on the Syria conflict at 12:30 p.m. ET:
(While the live stream is loading, for your convenience here is Secretary Kerry’s Monday press conference video)
As the president continues to weight his options on the situation, he has been challenged by Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner to address what interventional objectives could and will accomplish. And at what cost.
For those still grappling with what exactly is happening in Syria and how such an international crisis was birthed, you can read our resource article right here. But for those who don’t have the time to digest such a long-listed, precarious subject, I urge you to consider this:
Syrian rebels and civilians alike–during a protracted attempt to abolish the tyrannical stranglehold imposed by their national government–have been subjected to toxic chemical weapon strikes, the most recent of which culminated in the death of tens of thousands as the bipartisan debate to swoop in with aid wages on from the sidelines in Washington D.C.
As of June, United Nations estimated the death toll in the Syrian Civil War has surpassed the 100,000 mark.
