UN WEAPON INSPECTORS COME UNDER SNIPER'S FIRE IN SYRIA

A UN vehicle was shot at and heavily damaged during a temporary agreed ceasefire where UN weapon inspectors were on the verge of finding the site of a suspected chemical gas attack.

"The first vehicle of the Chemical Weapons Investigation Team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area," the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

He added: "As the car was no longer serviceable, the team returned safely back tothe government checkpoint. The team will return to the area after replacing the vehicle.

UN officials believe the delayed reponse to agreed inspections may be to destroy any evidence

"It has to be stressed again that all sides need to extend their cooperation so that the team can safely carry out their important work."

On Sunday, Syria agreed to allow inspectors to visit the sites to look into the sources of the deadly chemical weapons attacks witnessed last week.

However, the United States say evidence has probably been destroyed because of heavy government shelling in these inspected areas over the past five days.

The UN's appeal for co-operation between both sides seems to have been broken and the lengthy delay to access the site has made finding evidence even harder.

Inspectors are looking into the sources of chemical weapon activity following the death of thousands over the past two weeks

Prime Minister David Cameron has returned early from his holiday to discuss new tactics in approaching the conflict in Syria.

Joining military action is an option with Foreign Secretary William Hague yet to decline Britainbeing involved in international air strikes within days.

Mr Hague believes there is a "strong response" from UN nations to use more aggressive action and suggested that force could be the only option with international discussions continuing to fail.

William Hague is confident he has a "strong response" from UN nations to the possibility of military action

He said earlier in the week: "I am not going to rule anything in or out. I am not going to speculate about that in public."

The Foreign Secretary said it would "depend on the timing and nature of what we propose to do" and that the Government have the right to take this kind of necessary action.