(BBC) – US senators in a key committee have agreed on a draft resolution backing the use of US military force in Syria.

The measure to be voted on next week sets a time limit of 60 days on any operation. The draft document also bans the use of any ground forces in Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry said the US had to act after the Assad regime’s “undeniable” chemical weapons attack.
The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, endorsed Mr Obama’s call for military action.
According to a copy of the draft resolution obtained by AFP news agency, the senators wish to restrict the operation to a “limited and tailored use of the United States Armed Forces against Syria”.
The resolution states that “the president may extend” a 60-day operation “for a single period of 30 days” if he obtains further specific Congressional approval.
“The authority granted… does not authorise the use of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in Syria for the purpose of combat operations,” the statement added.

NO ‘ARMCHAIR ISOLATIONISM’
The draft was released after Mr Kerry appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The secretary of state said there was evidence beyond any reasonable doubt that the forces of President Bashar al-Assad regime prepared for a chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August.
Mr Kerry told the senators the President was not asking America to go to war. “He is asking only for the power to make clear, to make certain, that the United States means what we say.”
Standing aside, he said, would allow other countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction.
“This is not the time for armchair isolationism,” Mr Kerry added . “This is not the time to be spectators to slaughter.”