Syria gives Russia ‘proof’ rebels behind chemical attack

Source: TOI

MOSCOW: Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by the rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says.

The August 21 attack precipitated the current high tensions over Syria’s chemical weapons and sparked a plan under which Syria is to abandon the weapons. A report by UN investigators confirmed that chemical weapons were used Aug. 21 but did not say by which side in Syria’s civil war.

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