G-20 leaders divided over retaliatory strikes against Syria

G20 leaders were divided over Syria at the end of the first day of their Russian summit.



Reports indicate that many G-20 leaders – including some allies of the US are uneasy about the idea of retaliatory strikes against Syria.



The US government accuses President Bashar al-Assad's forces of killing 1,429 people in a poison-gas attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21.



Assad has blamed rebels for the attack, and China and Russia have refused to agree to a Security Council resolution against Syria.



The US and France are the only nations at the G-20 summit in St Petersburg to commit to using force in Syria.



China and Russia insist any action without the UN would be illegal.



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