Parliament will get the chance to debate whether New Zealand should offer support for military strikes against Syria - but government ministers will make final decision, Prime Minister John Key says.
Western leaders are deliberating how to respond to the use of chemical weapons allegedly by Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The United States says a sarin gas attack on August 21 killed more than 1400 people, including 400 children.
US President Barack Obama announced at the weekend that he will await approval from the House and Senate before ordering any action.
New Zealand's Defence Force does not have the capability to join in any targeted air strikes.
But US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked Foreign Minister Murray McCully if the New Zealand Government would lend "moral support" to military intervention.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9116544/John-Key-says-Syria-is-governments-alone
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