'World must see justice done' in Syria: Haley

US Ambassador Nikki Haley today urged the United Nations Security Council to act following the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, warning the United States was ready to respond.

Russia said a US military strike against Syria would have "grave repercussions" and stressed that the use of chlorine or sarin had not been confirmed in the attack Saturday in Douma.

"We have reached the moment when the world must see justice done," Haley told an emergency meeting at UN headquarters in New York.

Britain, France, the United States and six other countries requested the urgent meeting after toxic gas was allegedly used in the rebel-held town of Douma, killing at least 40 people.

"History will record this as the moment when the Security Council either discharged its duty or demonstrated its utter and complete failure to protect the people of Syria," she said.

"Either way, the United States will respond."
Nebenzia accused Western powers of pursuing a "confrontational policy" using "slander, insults, hawkish rhetoric, blackmail, sanctions and threats to use force."