article_snippet: The U.N. Security Council recently approved a United States-drafted resolution that condemns the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria, while threatening militarily enforced action in the case of further violations.
article_snippet: All members of The U.N. Security Council approved the resolution except for Venezuela, which abstained.
article_snippet: a United States-drafted resolution that condemns the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria, while threatening militarily enforced action in the case of further violations follows last month's condemnation by the world's chemical weapons watchdog of the use of chlorine in Syria as a breach of international law.
article_snippet: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' fact-finding mission concluded 'with a high degree of confidence' that chlorine was used on three villages in Syria last year, killing 13 people.
article_snippet: The OPCW did not assign blame, but some council members such as Britain, France and the United States have blamed Syria's government for the attacks, pointing out that the fact-finding reports linked chlorine attacks to helicopters and that only Syria's government has helicopters.
article_snippet: Russia on Friday again expressed skepticism about blaming the Syrian government, which is Russia ally.
article_snippet: Syria denies using chlorine or other chemical weapons and blames 'terrorists' for such attacks.