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Toxic gases cause "fainting, quiver and death." They're lethal. They're internationally banned.
Using them reflects a "shift in the type and manner of arming the terrorists embodied in using weapons imported from outside Syria across the border with some neighboring countries means that all allegations made by some countries, such as France, UK, Qatar and Turkey on providing logistic and 'non-lethal' weapons to the armed terrorist groups in Syria are mere talk to sell the media."This "horrible crime is a clear indisputable evidence on terrorists using such internationally-banned weapons."
Al-Zoubi and other government officials stressed repeatedly. Syria will never used internationally banned weapons. It's committed to agreements and protocols.
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Faisal al-Mikdad, said foreign-backed terrorists stop at nothing. He holds countries supporting them responsible.
"We warned throughout the past months of the allegations circulated by some countries and parties on the possibility of us using chemical weapons, and we stressed that in case Syria possessed any such weapons, it wouldn't use them against its civilians under any circumstances," he said.
It was just a matter of time until Washington upped the stakes. At issue is what's next?
Russia blamed insurgents for chemical weapons use. A Foreign Ministry statement expressed alarm.
Itar Tass said:
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