Via Yahoo! News:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained defiant Sunday after his US counterpart Barack Obama said he was seeking congressional approval for a military strike, asserting his country was ready for any intervention.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, the lead advocate for a military strike, in the meantime upped the ante, claiming on Sunday Washington has proof sarin gas was used by Assad’s regime in a Damascus attack on August 21.

And in Cairo, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal urged Arab countries to back calls by the Syrian opposition for military action against the Damascus regime.

Assad, whose regime has faced an uprising since March 2011 that a watchdog said on Sunday had claimed 110,000 lives, came out fighting on Sunday. […]

Syria’s opposition for its part expressed disappointment that Obama had put on hold his plans for military action, but said it was confident US lawmakers would green-light a strike.

“We were expecting things to be quicker, that a strike would be imminent… But we believe Congress will approve a strike,” said Samir Nashar, a top official of the Syrian National Coalition.

The Coalition in a separate statement called on “members of the US Congress to make the right choice and support the administration’s efforts to stop the Assad killing machine.”

HT: Wallyruss