WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Last week, media reports emerged suggesting that Syrian activists and rescue workers blamed government forces for an alleged chemical attack in Aleppo. A suspected chlorine bomb was dropped on the city, reportedly injuring dozens.
"I have seen the press report… but I can’t speak to the veracity of it," Kirby stated when asked about reports that the Syrian military was responsible for a chlorine attack.
On August 24, 2016, the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons released the results of a joint probe into chemical weapons attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015, according to which Damascus forces were allegedly involved in two and Daesh terrorists in one chemical weapon attacks. The mission's mandate is due to end on September 23 and the group is expected to prepare one more report by this time.
