U.S. says has indications toxic chemical used in Syria this month

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an citizens during his visit to Ain al-Tineh village, near Damascus, Syria. Assad visited on Sunday a historic Christian village his forces recently captured from rebels, state media said, as the country's Greek Orthodox Patriarch vowed that Christians in the war-ravaged country "will **t submit and yield" to extremists. The rebels, including fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, took Maaloula several times late last year. (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /> (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/u-says-examining-toxic-chemical-syria-172200500.html)By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has indications that a toxic chemical, probably chlorine, was used in Syria this month and is examining whether the Syrian government was responsible, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. "We have indications of the use of a toxic industrial chemical" in the town of Kfar Zeita, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, referring to a rebel-held area. "Obviously there needs to be an investigation of what's happened here." Syrian opposition activists reported that helicopters dropped chlorine gas on Kfar Zeita on April 11 and 12. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, told ABC television's "This Week" on April 13 that the attack was "unsubstantiated." Psaki said chlorine was **t one of the priority one or two chemicals Syria declared to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical ******* (OPCW) under a Russian-U.S. agreement for the destruction of Syria's chemical ******* stockpile.




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