A Syrian shopkeeper waits for customers at the popular Hamidiyeh old market, in Damascus, August 22, 2013. The veneer of normalcy is thin in Damascus, the stronghold of President Bashar Assad's rule, after more than 2 1/2 years of bloodshed.

Countries respond to Syrian latest case

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, President Barack Obama discussed Syria on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, a NATO ally, and in recent days with British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Harper's office said he agreed with the assessment that the Assad regime used chemical weapons against its own people,...