Diplomatic pressure has not worked on Syria, the UK foreign secretary says, as UN inspectors prepare to visit the site of a suspected chemical attack.
William Hague told the BBC the UK was considering its options and it would be possible to respond without the unanimous backing of the UN.
He also said the UN Security Council, which is split over Syria, had not "shouldered its responsibilities".
Any response would be "in accordance with international law", he added.
The suspected chemical attack took place on Wednesday near the Syrian capital Damascus, and reportedly killed more than 300 people.
Mr Hague told BBC Radio 4 Today's programme that while he could not go into options or the timetable for any action, he was not "going to rule anything in or out".
"We cannot allow the idea in the 21st Century that chemical weapons can be used with impunity," he said.
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When asked about requests for the recall of Parliament, he said the UK had a "good record" of consulting MPs if the decision was to take military action.
'Plausible explanation'Mr Hague said diplomatic methods had "failed so far", he said.
"We've discussed over the last year the small-scale chemical attacks that the regime has carried out over the last year.
"On every occasion we have given direct messages sometimes passed to the United Nations to the Syrians not to do that. We've discussed it with the Russians and indeed sometimes the Syrians have heard from the Russians and the Iranians that they should not conduct chemical attacks."
The foreign secretary repeated his assertion that the attack was carried out by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and there was no other plausible explanation.
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