Syria opposition says 1,193 killed in chemical attack, govt denies claim

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The Syrian opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of killing 1,193 people in chemical weapon attacks in suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday.
The announcement was made by Badr Jamous, Secretary-General of the Syrian National Coalition, and George Sabra, President of the Syrian National Council, at a press conference in Istanbul.

The Syrian opposition leaders said that the death toll was increasing the since rescue operation was still going on in the Damascus suburb of Gouta.
Syria’s military command denied the opposition’s claims that the government troops had used chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus.
Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said such claims on the part of the opposition were illogical and had been fabricated.
Meanwhile, Syrian authorities would not use chemical weapons when the U.N. mission arrived in the country to investigate different cases of the use of chemical weapons, ex-ambassador to Yemen, Libya and Tunisia Veniamin Popov said on Wednesday.
“I’ve watched Al Arabiya TV Channel reports. Then the Syrian authorities denied them. It is difficult to imagine that the Syrians agreed to use chemical weapons when they agreed on the arrival of the U.N. mission,” Popov said.




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