<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria, at the request of the United States and 8 other countries. The UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, took part in the meeting via a video link from Switzerland. He denounced the alleged use of chemical weapons as a grave violation of international law.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He urged the Security Council to immediately launch an independent investigation into the allegations.&nbsp; The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, criticized the Western nations. He said they are putting all the blame on Russia, and its ally Syria, without providing any evidence.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Nebenzia said that Syria and the Russian military are prepared to guide a team of investigators, from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to the site of the suspected gas attack.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, warned that the use of chemical weapons is becoming normalized in the world.&nbsp; She urged the Security Council to hold the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable. She added that the world must see justice done.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>