Russian Federation slams OPCW over Syria gas probe

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Russia Friday pressed ahead Friday for an "objective" investigation of last week's deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria.

Sources say things got complicated when President Trump bombed a Syrian airfield in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack that systematically murdered innocent Syrian men, women and children.

The transfer is part of a deal brokered by Iran and Qatar that will see more than 10,000 people evacuated and hundreds of prisoners exchanged.

Gen Sakat told the Telegraph: "They [the regime] admitted only to 1,300 tonnes, but we knew in reality they had almost double that".

The Group of Seven industrialized nations, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US, collectively agreed that Bashar Assad must leave control of the country and held his regime responsible for the attack in a meeting in Italy.

The use of sarin was confirmed through forensic medicine examination carried out by Turkish authorities, joined by World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) officials.

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"Definitely, 100 percent for us, it's fabrication", Assad said in the interview.

The stockpile was destroyed in an operation overseen by the Nobel Peace Prize winning-group OPCW, but ever since there have been questions about whether Assad had declared all his weapons. Syria "continues to possess and use chemical weapons". Gen. Zaher al-Sakat, who headed the division of chemical warfare in the Syrian military before fleeing the country.

President Vladimir Putin said after this week's meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Russian Federation was ready to return to the arrangement.

"We agreed with the Russian side that it is crucially important to conduct an independent and unbiased investigation..." These have tested positive for Sarin or a Sarin-like substance.

Russia, Syria and Iran have strongly warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria. All outside players should send signals to parties to the Syrian conflict to support ceasefire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. Işık's meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis came only a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's crucial visit to Moscow, which seemingly resulted in gradual de-escalation of tension between the two rivals over issues concerning Syria.

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