Mustard Gas Used in Syria Fighting in August
Weapons experts have concluded for the first time that mustard gas was used during fighting in Syria in August, an official at the global chemical arms watchdog told AFP Thursday.
The deadly gas was used in the flashpoint town Marea in the northern province of Aleppo on August 21, the source from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said.
"We have determined the facts, but we have not determined who was responsible," the source said, asking not to be named.
A confidential report has been sent to the member states of the OPCW, which are due to meet for the U.N. body's annual conference at the end of November at its headquarters in The Hague.
Syrian rebels and aid groups said that at the end of August dozens of people were affected by a chemical attack on Marea, where moderate opposition rebels and militants from the Islamic State (IS) group were battling.
Doctors without Borders (MSF) said it had treated four civilians from one family. According to patients at an MSF hospital in Aleppo, a mortar hit their house and "after the explosion a yellow gas filled the living room."
According to rebels on the ground, more than 50 mortar shells were launched on the town that day by IS militants.
The deadly, suffocating gas was first used by German forces in Belgium during World War I in 1917. It was banned by the United Nations in 1993.
Allegations that the jihadist IS militants have been using chemical arms have been increasing in recent months in both Iraq and Syria.
06 November 2015, 00:22
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According to rebels on the ground, more than 50 mortar shells were launched on the town that day by IS militants.
so now the iranian shias believe what the rebels say:)
06 November 2015, 11:10
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All warmongers are evil souls. GOD is pure Love and doesn't need military party and weapons to defend HIM.
06 November 2015, 12:14
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chemical weapons were/are used by both sides unfortunately killing innocent people from both sides... but only hezbi lovers find it halal when assad uses them and evil when the islamists do....
06 November 2015, 12:44
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never found it halal, rather we accused isis/nusra and other moderate beheaders to have staged these attacks in order to accuse the syrian authorities and get the US involved on their side. i know you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this is not idiocy and not understanding what we said, it's outright lying.
06 November 2015, 12:46
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and btw, the main argument of your friends at the time was that only the regime has chemical weapons. smile, you've just been proven wrong (again)
06 November 2015, 12:51
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yes you find it halal as you deny the regime ever used it... you always claimed it was staged and here again you use the same arguments to defend your beloved president....
06 November 2015, 12:54
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and btw "my friends" as you call them are not me... they say what they want and i say what I want... but a binary mind like yours cannot comprehend this as the world for you is only black and white... pityful idiot you are , pityful idiot you'll remain....
06 November 2015, 13:09
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denying it means finding it halal? go get a brain and we'll talk again.
06 November 2015, 14:41
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denying your president ever used chemical weapons sure, it makes you a proud supporter of war crimes which you only pinpoint on islamists while you support bashar who does the exact same things...so by turning your blind eyes it makes it halal if he uses them as you will never try to find reports that shows the contrary...
pityful little souri dog you are....
06 November 2015, 15:20
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sure, when it comes to prove your beloved president never used chemicals, moooowaten flees and evade the subject and uses childish comments from his age... no surprise here.
06 November 2015, 15:29
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no when it comes to talking with an idiot who is saying the stupidest things while barking insults at the same time, i just realize i dont care about you and move on and leave you to your barking.
06 November 2015, 16:04
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" talking with an idiot who is saying the stupidest things "
so i said = chemical weapons were/are used by both sides unfortunately killing innocent people" -> for mooowaten it is stupid...
-> "hezbi lovers find it halal when assad uses them "
= mooowaten the souri still denies assad used them... but i am the stupid one. (has he ever said in his comments he was against assad using them? no because he pretends he never did!) LOLLLLLL
mooowaten still proves he is a souri little faithful dog by his last comment... stil in denial assad ever used chemicals. pityful thing.
06 November 2015, 12:41
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ps: you are not "lebanon" and you are not "lebanese" either, by your own words your country is belgium.
06 November 2015, 12:46
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no no, this here was a moderate war crime, they only moderately used chemical weapons, no biggie.
