At least 116 American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to seek Congressional approval for any military strike against Syria. In a letter signed by 98 Republicans and 18 Democrats, the Congressmen expressed their disapproval at the US President's intervention in Libya without prior statutory authorisation. They also said that Congress is ready to reconvene to consider the facts in Syria.
Meanwhile, the State Department said that it will brief the Congress on the intelligence related to the alleged chemical attack by the Assad regime in a Damascus suburb last week.