French Claim Damascus Using Chemical Weapons Against Rebels -- Times of Israel
Le Monde video purports to show regime forces using gas against rebel fighters; foreign minister says ‘strong indiciations’ of chemical weapons use
Dramatic video recorded in the Syrian capital Damascus claimed to show regime forces using chemical weapons against rebel fighters, who survived with the help of gas masks.
On Monday, France’s foreign minister also said more signs had emerged of chemical weapons being used in Syria.
Laurent Fabius said outside a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels that there “are stronger and better substantiated indications of the local use of chemical arms. We have to check this and (we) are doing this with our partners.”
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