DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry, defence secretary Chuck Hagel, and other senior US national security officials will hold conference calls about Syria on Saturday afternoon with the Senate Democratic Caucus as well as the Senate Republican Conference.

A White House official said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The calls, which will be unclassified, are part of ‘the Administration’s consultations regarding the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in Syria on August 21,’ the official said.

National Intelligence director James Clapper and president Barack Obama’s National Security adviser Susan Rice as well as Admiral James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will also participate, the official said.

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