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UK Minister wants sarin user ‘held to account’
UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson says he has “absolutely no doubt” that the Assad regime is responsible for the chemical weapon attack on Khan Sheikhoun on April 4. He wants the perpetrators to be held to account. Johnson was speaking in response to a report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons which […]
Syrian chemical weapons use widespread, systematic claims Human Rights Watch
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — New evidence indicates that the Syrian government used suspected nerve agents in four chemical weapons attacks since December as part of a broader pattern of chemical weapons use, a human rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch said in a report that the “widespread and systematic” attacks on civilians using chemical […]
Chemical agent used in Syria attack definitely sarin
The foreign minister of France has made it official. Analysis of samples taken in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, by French scientists proves that the agent used in the April 4 chemical weapons attack was definitely sarin nerve gas and was the same as used in other Syrian attacks. “Environmental sampling and sampling from the victims were […]
Japanese demand for nuclear fallout supplies skyrockets
Japanese people don’t want to wait until North Korea drops a nuclear bomb, so they are taking protective measures now. They are buying shelters and air purifiers that filter nuclear radiation. Seiichiro Nishimoto, CEO of Shelter.co, has seen the demand for his nuclear protection products skyrocket, “(Demands now are) tens times as many as that […]
Mattis says Syria still has chemical weapons
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told a press conference in Israel on Friday, April 21 that he could say “authoritatively” that Syria had retained some chemical weapons. “It’s a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions and it’s going to have to be taken up diplomatically,” Mattis said at a joint conference with Israeli […]
Lab tests prove sarin or similar substance used in Syria attack
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict: 8:55 p.m. The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog says laboratory tests have delivered “incontrovertible” evidence that three victims and seven survivors of a suspected April 4 chemical attack in Syria were exposed to sarin or a similar toxin. Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organization […]
Chemical weapons team investigating evidence from Syria attack
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) sent a team of investigators to Turkey on April 13 to collect samples and interview victims of the Syrian chemical weapons attack on April 4. Soil samples taken at the attack site in the town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib Province show traces of the nerve […]
North Korea Might have sarin warheads, Japan says
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Diet, or parliament, on April 13 that North Korea could have sarin nerve gas in the warheads of its missiles. Abe told the Diet that North Korea must be made to understand that as a nation it had no future if it pursued its dangerously confrontational and aggressive […]
Tillerson, Putin meet as Syria debates sharpens
MOSCOW (AP)—Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow on Wednesday as the two countries traded sharp accusations about a chemical weapons attack in Syria. Tillerson, making the first visit by a Trump Cabinet official, went to the Kremlin in the early evening to meet with the Russian leader, […]
Sean Spicer apologizes for Holocaust comparison
WASHINGTON (AP)—White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for making an “inappropriate and insensitive” comparison to the Holocaust in earlier comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons—remarks that drew instant rebuke from Jewish groups and critics. Spicer said in an interview with CNN that he was trying to make a point […]
Autopsies confirm chemical weapons used in Syria attack
BEIRUT (AP)—Turkey said Thursday that autopsies of Syrian victims from this week’s assault in Syria’s Idlib province show they were subjected to chemical weapons, as France’s foreign minister called for the prosecution of President Bashar al-Assad’s government amid growing international outrage over the assault that activists say killed 86 people. Syria maintains it didn’t use […]
Doctor describes symptoms after treating patients from Idlib
A Syrian doctor treating victims of the Idlib gas attack said the chemical agent was not chlorine gas. Dr. Abdulhai Tennari, a pulmonary specialist, said he was quite familiar with the effects of chlorine gas, as he had seen the regime use it many times before. Whatever the Syrian jets dropped this time, it was […]
Trump will act on Syria if UN doesn’t, Haley claims
UNITED NATIONS (AP)—U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned Wednesday that the Trump administration will take action against chemical attacks in Syria that bear “all the hallmarks” of President Bashar Assad’s government if the U.N. Security Council fails to act. Haley urged the council at an emergency meeting to immediately approve a resolution drafted by the U.S., […]
Twin infants just two of the victims of Syrian gas attack
The true cost of war doesn’t become clear until video footage like this comes to the public. When we see a 29-year-old father holding the bodies of his 9-month-old twins, then we start to remember that war is nothing but dying—and most of the victims are innocent. Abdel Hameed al-Youssef could not save his 9-month-old […]
Twin infants just two of the victims of Syrian gas attack
The true cost of war doesn’t become clear until video footage like this comes to the public. When we see a 29-year-old father holding the bodies of his 9-month-old twins, then we start to remember that war is nothing but dying—and most of the victims are innocent. Abdel Hameed al-Youssef could not save his 9-month-old […]
EU Council president wants Syria gas attackers held accountable
European Council President Donald Tusk has joined those condemning the suspected gas attack in Syria. Speaking at a press conference in Athens on April 5, Tusk said, “Let me add my voice to all those condemning the chemical attack yesterday in Idlib, in the strongest possible terms. “The indiscriminate killing of children, women, and men […]
Syria gas attack victims describe their ordeal
Some Syrian survivors of the suspected sarin gas attack described their symptoms, Wednesday, April 5. At least 15 attack survivors were taken to a hospital in Reyhanli, Turkey for treatment. While there they spoke to journalists. “We were affected by the gas,” said one victim, Veda Ajej. We couldn’t stand up. I felt dizzy and […]
EU leaders, Pope Francis condemn suspected Syria gas attack
BEIRUT (AP)—French president Francois Hollande is condemning what he calls a “war crime” after a suspected chemical attack in Syria. Hollande recalled that France had pushed for an international military campaign against Syrian President Bashar Assad over his use of chemical weapons in 2013. “France has not changed its position on this issue,” he said […]
Death toll from suspected Syria sarin attack hits six dozen
BEIRUT (AP)—The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria’s civil war. According to a Syrian opposition group, renewed airstrikes hit […]