US slams Damascus as chemical weapons monitor says sarin used in April Syria attack, silent on blame

Published time: 30 Jun, 2017 03:20 Edited time: 30 Jun, 2017 03:39 The US State Department is scolding the Syrian government, as the OPCW has reportedly determined that sarin, a banned nerve gas, was what killed dozens of Syrians in northern Idlib province on April 4. Members of the UN’s chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation […]

French intelligence report says Assad forces are behind April sarin attack

Thomson Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – French intelligence services have concluded that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on April 4 in northern Syria and that Assad or his closest entourage ordered the strike, a declassified report showed. The attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun killed scores […]

Russia questions watchdog’s swift identification of sarin in Syria chemical incident

The Russian military has questioned the swift conclusion of chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW, which has reported identifying sarin in samples related to an alleged attack in Syria on April 5. The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) convened in the Hague on Wednesday for an update on the […]

Syria chemical attack: Evidence contradicts US sarin report, claims professor

A closer look at photos from the town of Khan Shaykhun shows that the chemical attack site was tampered with and that the US report blaming the Syrian government can’t be true, says the MIT professor skeptical of the White House narrative. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Theodore Postol, who wrote a preliminary review of […]

UK scientists: Samples from Syrian attack test positive for sarin

Thomson Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Samples taken from the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria last week tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, the British delegation at the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday. “UK scientists have analyzed samples taken from Khan Sheikhoun. These have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, or […]