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Syrian president tells French news agency his forces have given up their chemical weapons
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Apr 13, 2017 9:24 AM ET
Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 9:24 AM ET
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an alleged poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 per cent fabrication,” the news agency Agence France-Presse reported on Thursday.
Assad also said Syria’s military had given up all chemical weapons, AFP said on its Twitter account, quoting remarks in an interview with the Syrian president.
The United States and its allies say the Syrian military carried out the attack, something Syria has already denied.
A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria on April 4. (Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)
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