Video: What Syrians think about missile strike threat from West As MPs gather to debate whether to take retaliatory military action against the Assad regime over last week's chemical attack, The Telegraph spoke to Qusai Zakarya, a spokesman for the council of Moadamia in Damascus, which was among the areas affected by the deadly gas. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this is for real and it is not just some media rumour. He added that what the people in his town did not want was "another invasion coming from the Western world." "We don't want to see an Iraq scenario in Syria," he said. Nor indeed does Britain. Despite recalling Parliament early, Prime Minister David Cameron has now said he will wait for a report by United Nations weapons inspectors before seeking the approval of MPs for "direct British involvement" in the Syrian intervention. Downing Street the delay was due to "deep concerns" the country still harbours over the Iraq War.