Assad regime continues to pump out false denials after global chemical weapons watchdog pins deadly 2018 Douma chlorine attack on Damascus.
“…the report lacks scientific and objective evidence, and no sane person or specialist can reach such misleading conclusions.”On January 27, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons released a report implicating Syrian government forces in an April 2018 chemical weapons attack on the city of Douma.
The inspection team was not granted access to the attack sites, even though Damascus was obligated to do so under the Chemical Weapons Convention. A subset of those samples was analyzed at two OPCW-designated laboratories. Another laboratory, a forensic institute, and other specialists and experts were further consulted, “to ensure the independence” of the OPCW’s analysis.
Those high chlorine gas concentrations allowed the OPCW to rule out claims the incident may have been staged using household bleach products or pesticides, or did not happen at all.has previously documentedThe OPCW team said no “reliable information” had been identified, “including satellite imagery, video or photographic footage, or intercepts,” backing up allegations that armed groups or other entities staged the attacks.
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