Monday, Jul 23, 2012

BELGRADE (AFP)--United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon said Monday the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be "reprehensible", after Damascus raised the possibility of employing its arms if there was an outside attack.

"It would be reprehensible if anybody in Syria is contemplating [the] use of such weapons of mass destruction like chemical weapons," Ban told reporters in Belgrade on the fourth leg of his Balkans tour.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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