An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has called for a prompt investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital, Damascus.<br /><br />The main Syrian opposition group says more than 1,000 people have been killed on the outskirts of Damascus and that Bashar al-Assad's government is responsible.<br /><br />The Syrian government denies using chemical weapons and says the claims are a desperate attempt to cover up defeats.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's John Terrett, reporting from New York, said the Council released "a very vague, bland and tepid statement" after the two-hour meeting.<br /><br />"The Security Council is hobbled on issue of Syria, they can't agree on anything," he said.<br /><br />Our correspondent has the latest from the UN, in New York.<br /><br />[For more on this story, click here: http://aje.me/16xsiVB]
