Syria Condemns US Allegation about Use of Chemical Weapons in Eastern Ghouta

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the false allegations made by the United States that accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside.

News ID: 68463

Date: 04 February 2018 - 15:01

An official source at the Ministry condemned the US allegations against the Syrian government, claiming Damascus used chlorine gas or sarin gas in Eastern Ghouta East of Damascus city, SANA reported.

The Ministry further said that the allegations are no more than lies built upon stories by those whom the US administration calls them as partners on the ground.

The source said that thes “partners on the ground” who are loyal to American policies are terrorists and murderers who are responsible for shedding Syrian blood to justify US and Western interference in Syrian affairs.

The source noted that such US allegations always coincide with efforts to end the crisis in Syria via a peaceful solution, and they also come after the US and its allies failed to pass resolutions against Syria at the Security Council and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The source went on to stress that the Syrian government is against the use of chemical weapons in any place, any time, and under any circumstances, because their use is against its moral principles and contradicts the confirmed fact that it handed over its entire chemical arsenal to the OPCW.