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Syrian government to blame for April sarin attack - U.N. report

By Rodrigo Campos

 

A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad is to blame for a chemical attack on the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed dozens of people last April, according to a report sent to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.

 

"The Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April 2017," the report from the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) said.

 

The attack prompted a U.S. missile strike against a Syrian air base which Washington said was used to launch the strike.

 

"Time and again, we see independent confirmation of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime," Nikki Haley, the United States' U.N. ambassador, said in a statement.

"The Security Council must send a clear message that the use of chemical weapons by anyone will not be tolerated, and must fully support the work of the impartial investigators."

 

The report also said ISIS was to blame for the use of sulphur mustard in the Syrian town of Umm Hawsh on Sept. 15 and 16, 2016.

 

The JIM was unanimously created by the 15-member U.N. Security Council in 2015 and renewed in 2016 for another year. Its mandate is due to expire in mid-November, and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a proposal to further extend its mandate.

 

Russian ambassador to the U.N. Vassily Nebenzia said earlier this week Russia would consider revisiting the mandate extension after Thursday's report is discussed.

 

"The continuing use of chemical weapons, including by non-State actors, is deeply disturbing," said the report.

"If such use, in spite of the prohibition by the international community, is not stopped now, a lack of consequences will surely encourage others to follow."

 

The JIM has already found Syrian government forces were responsible for three chlorine gas attacks in 2014 and 2015.

 

Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons in 2013 under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons during the country's more than six-year civil war.

 

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; editing by Sandra Maler and Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-27

[craigt3365]

Sad that Russia wasn't able to deal with this properly.  Assad needs to be brought up on charges for this.  And guaranteed, he will.

[heroKK]

Pathetic, when the CIA trained terrorists are on the run and you need to save them, blame the Syrian government for all the evil that the terrorists did.

 

 

[ilostmypassword]

11 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Sad that Russia wasn't able to deal with this properly.  Assad needs to be brought up on charges for this.  And guaranteed, he will.

What exactly do you mean by being "brought up on charges?" Will Assad be anywhere in the vicinity of the courtroom?

[craigt3365]

12 hours ago, ilostmypassword said:

What exactly do you mean by being "brought up on charges?" Will Assad be anywhere in the vicinity of the courtroom?

I wish them the best of luck.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-syria-assad/france-investigates-syrias-assad-for-crimes-against-humanity-idUSKCN0RU11320150930

 

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France investigates Syria's Assad for crimes against humanity

 

The investigation, which is also examining claims of torture and kidnapping by Assad’s forces, was opened “on the basis of indications received from the foreign ministry” on Sept. 10, an official at the prosecutor’s office said.

 

An estimated 250,000 people have been killed in Syria’s four-year civil war between Assad’s troops, rebel groups and Islamic State militants, and a further 11 million displaced.