Chemical Assad

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At least 58 people have been reported killed in what witnesses claim was a chemical weapons attack in northern Syria, as world leaders discuss ending the conflict in Brussels.

Doctors in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province, said victims started to choke, vomit and faint with foam coming out of their mouths.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 11 children and several women were among dozens killed, with reports of "suffocation" following the bombings.

Hospital treating patients for 'toxic gas' exposure bombed

It put the death toll at 58 but warned the number could rise as several victims remained in a serious condition.

Dr Shajul Islam said the hospital where he worked was filling up with patients, posting footage online of victims he said showed symptoms of exposure to sarin.

"We have samples," he wrote. "Will anyone care? Who will stop it?"

Rescue workers from the White Helmets group were seen wearing gas masks to protect themselves while treating people lying amid rubble on the ground.

They reported at least 20 civilians among those affected, saying chlorine gas may have been responsible.

Activists posted video online claiming to show the moment the bombs struck, alleging they were dropped by Syrian air force helicopters as clouds of smoke rose into the air.

It came little over a week after another alleged chemical attack hit a hospital in the town of Latamneh, just 14 miles away.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which supports the facility, said a bomb dropped by a helicopter struck the entrance on 25 March.

Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war

Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War has been confirmed by the United Nations. The deadliest attacks were the Ghouta attack in the suburbs of Damascus in August 2013 and the Khan al-Assal attack in the suburbs of Aleppo in March 2013. Several other attacks have been alleged, reported and/or investigated.

A U.N. fact-finding mission and a UNHRC Commission of Inquiry have simultaneously investigated the attacks. The U.N. mission found likely use of the nerve agent sarin in the case of Khan Al-Asal (19 March 2013), Saraqib (29 April 2013), Ghouta (21 August 2013), Jobar (24 August 2013) and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (25 August 2013). The UNHRC commission later confirmed the use of sarin in the Khan al-Asal, Saraqib and Ghouta attacks, but did not mention the Jobar and the Ashrafiyat Sahnaya attacks.

The UNHRC commission also found that the sarin used in the Khan al-Asal attack bore "the same unique hallmarks" as the sarin used in the Ghouta attack and indicated that the perpetrators likely had access to chemicals from the Syrian Army's stockpile.

In August 2016, a confidential United Nations report explicitly blamed the Syrian military of Bashar al-Assad for dropping chemical weapons on the towns of Talmenes in April 2014 and Sarmin in March 2015.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_chemical_weapons_in_the_Syrian_civil_war


Syrian government blamed for Aleppo chemical attack
“Immediately after the impact, patients and staff reported suffering severe respiratory symptoms and burning of mucous membranes – symptoms consistent with an attack using chemicals,” a spokesperson said.

The hospital’s orthopaedic surgeon was among two people killed in the attack, leaving just two orthopaedic surgeons for a population of around 120,000 people, and the clinic was put out of service for three days.




Russia and China veto UN sanctions on Syria for chemical weapons use
Bashar al-Assad's forces have been accused of repeatedly using the nerve agent during the six-year civil war, including in a massacre in Eastern Ghouta that almost sparked military intervention by the UK in 2013.

Damascus has denied the allegations, while Isis is also alleged to have used chemical weapons including chlorine and mustard gas.

Idlib province, in north-western Syria, is a key battleground between regime forces and rebels including Islamist factions linked to al-Qaeda.

It was the destination for rebel fighters evacuated from eastern Aleppo earlier this year, and is widely expected to be Assad's next major target.

 

[Muhammed45]

Dozens reported killed in alleged gas attack in Syria, military denies involvement (PHOTOS)
Published time: 4 Apr, 2017 11:45Edited time: 4 Apr, 2017 15:55
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Syrian children receive treatment following a suspected gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, Idlib province. April 4, 2017. © Mohamed Al-Bakour / AFP
#Syria#KhanSheikhun tomorrow - Meeting was already scheduled

— Nabil Abi Saab (@NabilAbiSaab) April 4, 2017
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini says the Syrian government bears responsibility for the alleged attack, calling it “awful.”

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has also called for an investigation into the alleged attack, writing on Twitter that those responsible must be "held to account."

Horrific reports of chemical weapons attack in #Idlib#Syria. Incident must be investigated & perpetrators held to account

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) April 4, 2017
Meanwhile, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) wrote in a statement that it is "seriously concerned" by the alleged attack.

Turkey has called on the OPCW to immediately begin investigations into the reported attack, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry also called on "all sides that influence the Syrian regime" to help put an end to alleged heavy ceasefire violations.

Despite claims from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other pro-opposition groups, a Syrian military source told Reuters that Damascus had not used chemical weapons, and dismissed the accusations as rebel propaganda.

The army "has not and does not use them, not in the past and not in the future, because it does not have them in the first place," the source said.

A Syrian security source also said the gas attack report was a "false accusation,” AFP reported.

“Based on the reports it might be that the Syrian Army targeted a place that was used as a chemical weapons factory or that stocked chemicals by the rebels,” Jamal Wakeem, a professor of history and international relations at the Lebanese University in Beirut, told RT.

Wakeem said he doesn’t believe the Syrian Army would be so “desperate” as to use chemical weapons, given the fact that it has been “achieving major success on various fronts.”

DETAILS: Syrian army strongly denies any involvement in alleged gas attack in Idlib, Syria https://t.co/TeSpNEV13Upic.twitter.com/LeHO0NmTuu

— RT (@RT_com) April 4, 2017
He went on to state that although rebels have previously accused the Syrian government and Russian military of using chemical weapons, that news “turned out to be false,” noting that there was instead evidence that rebels had used chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq.

The Russian military said in a statement that it did not conduct any airstrikes in the Idlib Governorate.

Idlib province is largely controlled by an alliance of rebels, including Jabeh Fateh al-Sham, a former Al-Qaeda affiliate previously known as Al-Nusra Front.

Allegations of Damascus using chemical weapons were voiced by its opponents on several occasions.

The most-publicized incident happened in the eastern Ghouta neighborhood of Damascus in August 2013, a year after the Obama administration declared that a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government would be a “red line,” after which Washington would use military force to intervene in the conflict.

The expected US bombing of the Syrian Army didn’t follow, and Russia defused the situation by convincing Damascus to join the Chemical Weapons Convention and destroying its arsenal. The development resulted in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the watchdog of the convention, winning the Nobel Peace Prize that year.

Even after the arsenal was destroyed, there were several occasions in which Damascus was accused of using less-potent chemicals such as chlorine gas as a weapon. The Syrian government denied all such accusations. The terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reportedly used chlorine-filled shells against its enemies in Syria as part of its intimidation tactics.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

I don't see any benefit for Assad to use Chem. Weapons but I see it's usefulness for the rebels using them to blame it on the regime to make them look bad. I though Assad Chem. Weapons were taken away from him back in 2013?

 

[Muhammed45]

Weapons were taken away from him back in 2013?

Even US and UN confirmed it.
Not even rebels i think, they are in negotiation with government. Possibly done by ISIS or Israel, both are the same though

 

[Star Expedition]

The Syria ought to be led by Assad and Alawite.
The westerns just want to ruin every Arabian country.

 

[BHarwana]

This attack was done by Israel and no one else.

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

Its so heartbreaking to see these pictures even.. Allah save them all.. aamin

 

[Malik Alpha]

Only if the victims were from the other religions or sect, you would see everyone mourning and beating the crap out of themselves, changing profile pictures and doing everything to portray how evil is this dictator whose father did the same when he was in power but since all those are Sunnis no one really cares. America Israel Iran and Russia all are involved in this and InshaAllah each of them will pay a heavy price.

 

[500]

I don't see any benefit for Assad to use Chem. Weapons but I see it's usefulness for the rebels using them to blame it on the regime to make them look bad. I though Assad Chem. Weapons were taken away from him back in 2013?

Assad policy is very simple:

If you dont obey Assad your children will die (barrel bombs, starvation, torture in jail, stabbing, lack of services, gasses..)

He follows these policies for 7 years in row on daily basis. So why exactly you doubt? He knows very well that nothing will happen and in less than a week everyone will forget about it.

 

[Max]

whoever was involved in attack on innocent civilians may get double distruction of his own family and friends. Pigs.

 

[Serpentine]

Assad gains ZERO from this attacks, rebels and AlQaeda and the countries who support them do get a massive propaganda sympathy campaign.

Rebels launched a very huge attack on Damascus (and failed) and Assad didn't use chemical weapons.
Rebels launched a very big attack in Hama (failed again) and Assad didn't use chemical weapons to stop them.

Now, random people in a city far from frontlines are victims of a chemical attack, suddenly dozens of pics showing children corpses flood the internet to make the world cry and sympathize, followed by a massive coverage by western media. Just like the 2013 attack in Damascus, rebels are the only ones who gain something from this. A false flag operation that doesn't work like it used to.


Meanwhile, US has killed nearly 500 civilians in Mosul in past weeks and got away with it so easily that many didn't even notice it. Why? Because MSM did its job good.

Rebel reporter 5 hours before the attack posted this:
Tomorrow there will be a campaign of airstrikes in Hama suburbs that will include chemical attacks!

And also:

https://twitter.com/x/status/849345046696644610

 

[xenon54 out]

Just like the 2013 attack in Damascus, rebels are the only ones who gain something from this.

What did the rebels gain in 2013?

 

[Serpentine]

What did the rebels gain in 2013?

Syria gave up ALL of its chemical weapons stockpiles, rebels won a huge international sympathy, big condemnation and demonization of Syrian gov in the media and world and also increasing amount of weapons that was sent to Syria afterwards. Tell me what did Assad would gain from a chemical attack on civilians, be it 2013 or 2017, while he doesn't use them against rebels when they launch huge attacks against SAA. No one would cry for rebels (especially since they are all allied with Al-Qaeda), but many will cry for civilians killed with chemical weapons.

 

[xenon54 out]

Syria gave up ALL of its chemical weapons stockpiles, rebels won a huge international sympathy, big condemnation and demonization of Syrian gov in the media and world and also increasing amount of weapons that was sent to Syria afterwards.

Sympathy doesnt win wars and weapon transfer didnt change after the chemical attack, in fact the weapon transfer to rebells stopped not long after that, instead ypg support increased.

Tell me what did Assad would gain from a chemical attack on civilians, be it 2013 or 2017, while he doesn't use them against rebels when they launch huge attacks against SAA.

Scorched earth policy

All this a side, i have a genuine question, as far as i know there is no evidence that rebells possess chemical weapon, if yes is there any evidence proving this?

 

[500]

Assad gains ZERO from this attacks

Then why he daily barrel bombs rebel towns?

rebels and AlQaeda and the countries who support them do get a massive propaganda sympathy campaign.

Assad just murdered 100 kids and nothing will happen to him.

But you are sad that it came to news unlike his all other daily murders. Poor Assad how they dare to write about murder. Dont worry next day everyone will forget.

Rebels launched a very huge attack on Damascus (and failed) and Assad didn't use chemical weapons.
Rebels launched a very big attack in Hama (failed again) and Assad didn't use chemical weapons to stop them.

Khamenai thugs flee today from "failed" rebel attack: