"France has taken national measures to freeze assets of three networks operating in the interests of the Syrian Research Center … Three individuals and nine companies have been targeted for their participation in the research and/or acquisition of materials for this center to develop the chemical and ballistic weapons of this country," the document read.
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Earlier this month, the French Defense Minister Florence Parley told RTL Radio, that his country would consider the options to strike Syria again if there were reports about new poison gas attacks.
Damascus strongly denied accusations, while Moscow stated, that the whole incident was a provocation, carried out to justify the followed aggression against Syria. Later Russian journalists found alleged victims of the "chemical attack", who asserted they were forced into the staged video.