Britain On Syrian Conflict

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  Syria An 'Unwinnable' War: UN Chief Antonio Guterres

  The Syrian conflict is "unwinnable", Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday in his first speech in Britain since taking over as UN Secretary General.

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  All Evidence Points To President Assad Behind Suspected Chemical Attack: UK

  All evidence points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being behind a suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Wednesday.

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  Britain Should Be Looking At Military Options In Syria: Boris Johnson

  Foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday it was right to look at British military involvement in the Syrian conflict, but that any action would need to be part of a coalition involving the United States and was not likely in the short term.

• Britain Bans ISIL, Other Syria-Related Groups

  The British government on Thursday banned the ISIL militant group currently cutting a swathe through northern Iraq, adding it to a list of proscribed organisations along with four other groups linked to the Syrian conflict.

• Barack Obama re-election signals new phase in Syria war

  Within hours of President Barack Obama's re-election the deadlocked Syrian conflict moved into a new phase on Wednesday, with Britain's prime minister urging the U.S. to join him in working directly with Syrian rebels and Turkey saying Washington has discussed protecting a safe zone inside Syria with Patriot missiles.