While Great Britain withdraws from action against Syria after a vote in their parliament and President Obama defers a decision on action to Congress, France has come out declaring boldly that the Syrian government is behind the chemical weapons attack that led to hundreds of deaths.

France is pushing for military action to punish the Assad regime for killing civilians with chemical weapons.

Syrian President Bashir al-Assad has warned France that there will be “repercussions” against them if they move against Syria.

“Everyone will lose control of the situation when the powder keg explodes,” Assad said. “Chaos and extremism will spread.”

The nine-page French report says: “Analysis of the information we have today leads us to conclude that, on 21 August 2013, the Syrian regime launched an attack on certain districts on the outskirts of Damascus held by opposition units that combined conventional means and massive use of chemical agents.”