OPCW PROBED SOME 77 CASES OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN SYRIA

Thu 03 June 2021:

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact-Finding Mission in Syria has already investigated 77 cases of likely or confirmed use of chemical weapons in the country, OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias said on Thursday.

“To date, the Fact-Finding Mission has investigated 77 allegations,” Arias told the UN Security Council. “Seventy-seven, already, of chemical weapons use, and determined likely or confirmed use of chemical weapons in Syria.”

Throughout the Syrian conflict, ongoing since 2011, Western countries and their allies have accused Damascus of using chemical weapons against the country’s civilian population.

The Syrian government has been continuously denying these allegations.

In 2014, the OPCW set up the Fact-Finding Mission to establish the truth about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.

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