FRANCE-US-SYRIA-CONFLICT

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (R) gives a press conference flanked by US Secretary of State John Kerry at the ministry in Paris, on September 7, 2013. Kerry traveled to Europe to court international support for a possible strike on the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons while making calls back home to lobby Congress where the action faces an uphill battle. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE