{{The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday it had reached an agreement on a draft authorisation backing the use of military force in Syria, but setting strict limits on the scope of any possible strikes.}}<\/p>\n
Among the provisions set out by the draft resolution, which will be voted on Wednesday by the committee, is a 60-day limit on US military action in the country, with a possibility of a single 30-day extension subject to conditions.<\/p>\n
The draft also expressly forbids the deployment of any US ground forces in the country.<\/p>\n
US President Barack Obama is asking Congress to back his call for limited US strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians during a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people.<\/p>\n
If the new draft resolution is approved by the committee on Wednesday, it will be sent to the full Senate for a vote after members return from their summer recess on September 9.<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives must also pass its own version of the military authorisation, and the two must be reconciled before they can be submitted for Obama\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n
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