U.N. report may hint at source of Syria chemical attack
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Clifford Armion
le 09/12/2013
Activer le mode zenLouis Charbonneau and Anthony Deutsch
UNITED NATIONS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.N. chemical weapons investigators will not explicitly pin the blame on anyone in their upcoming report on the August 21 poison gas attack in Syria, but diplomats say their factual reporting alone could suggest which side in the country's civil war was responsible.The report could easily become a bargaining chip in talks between Moscow and Western powers on conditions for Syria to give up its chemical weapons and the terms of a United Nations Security Council resolution on the matter.
Two Western diplomats said they strongly expected chief U.N. investigator Ake Sellstrom's report would confirm the U.S. view that sarin gas was used in the attack on suburbs of Damascus that killed hundreds.
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"U.N. report may hint at source of Syria chemical attack ", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), décembre 2013. Consulté le 11/10/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/u-n-report-may-hint-at-source-of-syria-chemical-attack-