|
Syria rejects West accusations over chemical attacks
[Iran Press TV] Syria has dismissed as baseless recent allegations brought against the Damascus government by Western countries in connection with chemical attacks in the war-torn Arab country."The Syrian Arab Republic has repeatedly denied all allegations circulated by some Western circles and their agents about the use of chemical poisonous materials by Syrian sides, like chlorine gas," during military operations against terrorists, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SANA news agency on Wednesday. The statement came four days after an international inquiry blamed Syrian government forces for a toxic gas attack in Qminas in northwestern Idlib province on March 16, 2015. The accusation was made in the fourth report from the 13-month-long probe by the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... the Syrian Foreign Ministry statement said that there was no "tangible evidence" for the inquiry's findings. "Syria has repeatedly warned against repercussions of politicizing this issue regarding the credibility of the work of international relevant sides," the ministry added. It also stressed that the Syrian government remains committed to all its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, a multilateral treaty that bans chemical weapons and requires their destruction. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-27 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=471357 |