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President Barack Obama faced criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday as he wrestled with crises in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.

President Barack Obama faced criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday as he wrestled with crises in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.

The United Nations has confirmed in a report that chemical weapons were used "unequivocally and objectively," which Secretary General Ban Ki Moon constituted as a "war crime" on Monday, as reported by BBC News. The UN, however did not attribute blame who used the weapons in the Syrian civil war.