The news comes amidst reports members of the U.N. Security Council have come to an agreement on a draft measure for ridding Syria of chemical weapons. The United States and Russia, along with the Council’s three other permanent members, have been negotiating over a resolution since Washington and Moscow struck a preliminary deal earlier this month. Anonymous Western diplomats say that the core of a U.N. measure has been reached, but Russia has denied the claim. U.N. inspectors are now back in Syria resuming their probe of the alleged use of chemical weapons.