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The request from the US stems from its recognition that the base of the Islamic State forces must be attacked more effectively, and frequently.

On Monday, the UN’s humanitarian chief fiercely condemned attacks against civilians in Syria at a press conference in Damascus.

The UN statement was approved one day after Assad regime warplanes struck a rebel-held town near Damascus, killing at least 96 people.

Monitoring group Human Rights Watch urged the UN to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government Thursday to “stop indiscriminate attacks” against civilians, AFP reported.

The Douma Civil Defense team of volunteer search and rescue workers has now documented 95 of the dead by name, a further five that couldn’t be identified and 11 bodies still stuck in the rubble, the group’s local media liaison officer Majid Khalaf told VICE News on Monday.

“These abhorrent actions underscore that the Assad regime has lost legitimacy and that the global community must do more to enable a genuine political transition”, said the statement.

In a webcast Tuesday aimed at American Jews, Netanyahu called that argument “utterly false” and said Israel wants peace, not war.

“The more time Members spend evaluating this agreement, the more they realize it’s an historic mistake”, he said in a statement on Monday. “There’ll be a lot of pressure on Democrats to support the president”, said Engel.