Merkel sharply criticized the Kremlin for blocking of UN security Council resolution on Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticized the Kremlin for blocking a resolution of the UN Security Council to investigate alleged chemical attack in Syria.
This writes dw.com.
“The absence of a decision on the resolution of the UN security Council is a disgrace, – said Merkel, without mentioning specifically Russia. – Those who refuse to accept it, must realize the responsibility thus the take”. Merkel said that there are many signs that the chemical attack was initiated by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as well as “the subsequent bombing of the hospital in which assisted the victims.”
Merkel stressed that this “barbaric attack” must be investigated. “The use of chemical weapons is a war crime,” summed up the Chancellor.
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In Syria there was a second powerful chemical attack – media
We will remind, the Syrian Idlib came under a gas attack: among the dozens of the dead are children. According to recent reports, killed at least 72 people. During the air strikes was released toxic gas. For gas many people uduvilaa or passing out some of his mouth was foaming.
However, according to others, the dead may be about a hundred wounded – more than 150. Sources among physicians and other activists have confirmed that one of the suburbs of Khan Shaykhun was shelled with a material similar to gas. It causes suffocation and other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, narrowing of the retina, pallor, and General spasm.
In the Russian defense Ministry said that the chemical attack in Syria in Khan Sheyhun arose because of a gas leak in the warehouses of the Syrian rebels after they were fired by the aircraft of the Syrian government.