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Johnson: Time to look again at military options in Syria

Boris Johnson.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said it is "right we should be looking again at military options" in Syria.

Daily airstrikes over Syria resumed on Tuesday, mostly hitting the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood and causing casualties in the region. Almost 300 people have been killed in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods since September 22, when a joint US-Russian ceasefire ended.

Mr Johnson told the Foreign Affairs Committee: "Our options now are on the humanitarian front, to intensify sanctions on some of the key players in the Assad regime and on Russians as well.

"It is right that we should be looking again at the more kinetic options and military options.

"I think we're still a pretty long day's march from getting there, but that doesn't mean discussions aren't going on - because they are."