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聽warned the聽聽against any military action over a suspected chemical weapons attack in its civil war, saying it would "create a ball of fire that will inflame the聽".

笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听's closest ally Iran also said Washington should not cross the "red line" on聽, where doctors accused his forces of a poison gas attack that killed hundreds last week.

A team of聽聽inspectors are waiting in a hotel in聽聽a few miles from the site of the attack, but聽聽suggested they would not be allowed to visit as it was not on a list agreed in July of alleged chemical attacks this year.

US 笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听聽met his top military and national security advisers on Saturday to debate options. US naval forces have been repositioned in the聽聽to give Obama the option of an armed strike.

聽said any military action would be "no picnic".

"US military intervention will create a very serious fallout and a ball of fire that will inflame the聽," Syrian Information Minister聽聽was quoted by state news agency聽聽as saying to聽-based al-Mayadeen TV.

Obama has been reluctant to intervene in聽's civil war, but reports of the killings near聽聽have put pressure on the聽聽to make good on the president's comment a year ago that chemical weapons would be a "red line" for the US.

Iran said any intervention by Washington would have "severe consequences", according to the Fars news agency.

"聽knows the limitation of the red line of the Syrian front and any crossing of聽's red line will have severe consequences for the聽,"听, deputy chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, said on Sunday according to Fars.

Syrian opposition accounts that between 500 and well over 1,000 civilians were killed this week by gas in munitions fired by pro-government forces, and video footage of victims' bodies, have stoked demands abroad for a robust, US-led response after 2-1/2 years of international inaction on聽's conflict.

In the most authoritative account so far, the medical charity聽聽said three hospitals near聽had reported 355 deaths in the space of three hours out of about 3,600 admissions with nerve gas-type symptoms.

U.N. INSPECTORS

Major world powers - including聽, Assad's main ally which has long blocked U.N.-sponsored intervention against him - have urged the Syrian leader to cooperate with U.N. chemical weapons inspectors already in聽to pursue earlier allegations.

叠耻迟听聽said the rebels were impeding an inquiry and that Assad would have no interest in using poison gas for fear of foreign intervention.

A senior U.N. official arrived in聽聽on Saturday to seek access for inspectors to the site of last Wednesday's attack but聽聽reiterated on Sunday that it had not yet agreed on access to the site.

Information Minister Zoabi said聽聽and the U.N. had previously agreed on inspections of certain sites around聽from before Wednesday's allegations and will not allow any "inspection that will prejudice national sovereignty".

The minister said聽聽would cooperate "significantly and transparently" with prior agreed inspection sites. But he went on to suggest that U.N. inspectors would not be allowed to visit the site of Wednesday's attack.

Zoabi said聽聽"will not allow the existence of inspection committees under any pretext, and this position is final because it is clear to the (U.N.) inspectors to investigate particular incidents ... in accordance with the agreement between聽聽and the聽".

Opposition activists in聽聽said the聽聽was using surface-to-surface missiles and artillery to strike eastern聽, including neighbourhoods where the alleged chemical attack occurred.

罢丑别听聽declined to list what options were discussed on Saturday and said Washington was still gathering details about the attack.

"President Obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies," US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters in聽聽as he began a week-long trip to聽.

"We have done that and we are prepared to exercise whatever option - if he decides to employ one of those options."

Opposition sources said on Sunday four hundred tonnes of arms had been sent into聽听蹿谤辞尘听聽- one of the single biggest to reach rebel brigades - to boost insurgent capabilities against聽聽forces following the alleged chemical strike.

The U.N. says more than 100,000 people have been killed during the Syrian conflict, which started with peaceful protests against decades of Assad family rule but turned into a civil war following a crackdown.

Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Amman Yeganeh Torbati in Dubai