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Syria, Assad blamed by UN, watchdog for deadly April chemical weapons attack
No legitimate government uses the deadly chemical agent sarin against its own citizens. Russia vetoed a UNSC resolution for further UN/OPCW investigation to determine exactly who in the Assad regime was involved.
Related: Russia uses veto to end UN investigation of Syria chemical attacks
The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, vetoes a resolution to continue the Syria sarin investigation
Associated Press
October 26, 2017
UNITED NATIONS – Experts from the U.N. and the chemical weapons watchdog are blaming the Syrian government for an attack on April 4 using the nerve gas sarin that killed over 90 people. The report by the experts supports the initial findings by the United States, France and Britain that a Syrian plane dropped a bomb with sarin on the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Syria and Russia, its close ally, have denied any attack and strongly criticized the Joint Investigative Mechanism, known as the JIM, which was established to determine responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The report's key findings and conclusions, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, state that the JIM's leadership panel "is confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Sheikhoun."
No legitimate government uses the deadly chemical agent sarin against its own citizens. Russia vetoed a UNSC resolution for further UN/OPCW investigation to determine exactly who in the Assad regime was involved.
Related: Russia uses veto to end UN investigation of Syria chemical attacks
The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, vetoes a resolution to continue the Syria sarin investigation