Alwaght- Syria has rejected a report issued by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) regarding the Khan Sheikhoun chemical incident saying it lacks credibility.
In a statement on Saturday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry noted that said that OPCW regarding the Khan Sheikhoun incident includes a fabricated narrative with no credibility at all and which cannot be accepted because it is illogical. Syria has urged the UN body to make reports that are fair, credible, and not subject to the pressure exerted by states and sides that seek to block access to the truth.
The Ministry said that the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW issued on 29/06/2017 a misleading report featuring the findings of a fact finding committee regarding the Khan Sheikhoun incident, and it seems that the main purpose of forming such committees is to hide facts, and that these committees’ reports are written and prepared in advance by certain circles that are hostile to Syria.
The OPCW report, said that sarin nerve gas was used in the controversial attack in Khan Sheikhun that left over 90 people killed. The organization, however, did not blame any party to the conflict for the attack. The confidential report released on will now be taken up by a joint UN-OPCW panel to ostensibly determine whether Syrian government forces were behind the attack.
UN Body relied on terrorists
The Syrian Foreign Ministry said that the fact that the fact-finding committees relied on testimonies of terrorists located in Turkey shows the absence of the minimum amount of truth, as these witnesses brought to Turkey from Khan Sheikhoun are false witnesses that follow the instructors of those who paid them to testify.
The statement said that the same applies to the so-called “White Helmets” who are proven by documented facts to be tools for al-Nusra Front and other terror organization and the US and British intelligence agencies. The Syrian foreign ministry added that the revealed sources cited by reports are ones controlled by Western intelligence and armed opposition groups that are controlled by the US, Britain, and other Western states, wondering how those who made the report can claim that the information they included has the bare minimum of what makes up an honest, reliable, and transparent investigation.
Syria does not possess any chemical weapons
The Ministry said that the Syrian government has affirmed that it does not possess any chemical weapons immediately after the terrorists committed the crime in Khan Sheikhoun, and it condemned the use of toxic chemicals regardless of the location and circumstances and the side they are used against, as Syria believes that the use of such weapons is immortal and unjustifiable.
The Ministry went on to say that Syria reiterates its rejection of such reports that are filled with misdirection and falsification of facts and of the over American threats that constitute attempts to invest in terrorism and the chemical weapons that are sent to terrorists by the states that sponsor them such as the UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and others.
An incident of alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria took place Khan Shaykhun area in Idlib on April 4. Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that Syrian aircraft struck terrorists workshops producing chemical agents. Washington accused Damascus of using chemical weapons, after which the US Navy launched an illegal aggressing on a Syrian airbase in Shayrat.
