Russia claims use of toxic agents by terrormilitants in Syria

The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday its experts had confirmed that terrorists had used chlorine and white phosphorus toxic agents in the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo.


Experts of the Scientific Center of the Russian Nuclear, Biological and Chemical protection troops came to this conclusion after conducting a laboratory test of nine samples of shell fragments and soil, the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

The presence of chlorine and white phosphorus was preliminarily revealed during an express test of the samples collected earlier this month in the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo.

Russian experts have taken biological samples from four Syrians affected by the use of chemical weapons by militants and sent them for a profound analysis in a special laboratory in Russia, Konashenkov said.

He added that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has not yet sent its experts to Aleppo in spite of repeated invitations by Russian military.
 [Xinhua/china.org.cn]

22/11/16

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