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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Syria's air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said.
0 shares A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows Syrian men standing at the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR) THE HAGUE, The Netherlands — The Syrian regime’s air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation. The report is the second by an investigations team set up by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which has the new power to apportion blame for att...
'Syrian air force may have dropped chlorine bomb on rebel town in 2018' Chemical arms watchdog reports no one killed when cylinder of chlorine gas, delivered in a barrel bomb, hit the city of Saraqib, however, dozen people were treated for symptoms consistent with chemical poisoning Reuters | Published: 04.12.21 , 19:04 The global chemical weapons watchdog has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Syria's air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighborhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said. There was no immediate comment from...
Syria probably behind 2018 chlorine attack, OPCW investigation finds The government of President Bashar Assad denies the claims of chemical weapons use. Picture by Vahid Salemi/AP Associated Press Reporter 12 April, 2021 14:13 An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog has found “reasonable grounds to believe” that a Syrian air force military helicopter dropped a chlorine cylinder on a Syrian town in 2018. It is the second time the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Te...
Syria used chemical weapons on civilians in 2018: OPCW A new report from a chemical weapons watchdog says the Syrian air force dropped a chlorine-packed barrel bomb on the rebel-held Syrian city of Saraqib in 2018. Syrian children treated after a suspected chlorine gas attack A new report released Monday by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that there are "reasonable grounds to believe" a Syrian air force helicopter dropped a chlorine cylinder on the northwestern city of Saraqib in February 2018. The regime of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad has...