White House condemns Syrian use of chemical weapons following UN probe

The White House condemns Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s regime for using chemical weapons against Syrians, after the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed suspicion of chemical weapons use in Syria in 2014 and 2015, according to ABC News.

“It is now impossible to deny that the Syrian regime has repeatedly used industrial chlorine as a weapon against its own people in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and U.N.

Security Council Resolution 2118,” White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price wrote in a statement Wednesday.

"The United States will work with our international partners to seek accountability through appropriate diplomatic mechanisms," Price said. "We urge all UN member states and parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, including Russia and Iran, to participate in this effort."

“The OPCW-UN report also confirmed that in August 2015, Daesh used mustard gas against civilians in Syria,” Price noted. 

Three years to the week since President Barack Obama pulled back from striking Syria over its use of chemical weapons, the investigation found that the Syrian government was responsible for two chlorine gas attacks in April 2014 and September 2015 in Idlib in the north of the country.

Source: MENA