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162 countries signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, which outlawed the manufacture and stockpiling of chemical weapons.
Damascus promised to destroy their supplies of sarin nerve gas in 2013.
Did Russia supply Syria with chemicals needed to produce sarin ?
The secretary of state said last week that Mr Assad’s future was a matter for the Syrian people, while the ambassador to the UN said removing him was no longer the priority (though she later tempered that remark).
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on a trip to Turkey that the "longer-term status of President Assad will be decided by the Syrian people."
. “You pick and choose your battles,” said Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN. “It’s about changing up priorities and our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out
Those comments dangerously reinforced, rather than created, the regime’s certainty that it can carry out war crimes with impunity. As a candidate, Donald Trump said Mr Assad’s future was “secondary” to defeating Isis. In February, Russia and China vetoed a security council resolution imposing sanctions over chemical weapons use; Wednesday’s meeting on the issue is unlikely to change much. Europe is deeply concerned, not least given the implications for its own security, and has reasserted that the future cannot involve Mr Assad – but its limitations are underscored by the fact the attack occurred hours before a two-day conference on Syria’s future, hosted by the UN and EU, began in Brussels. Peace talks have gone on for years; expectations are lower than ever.
58 Die In Attack In Syria Where Toxic Chemicals And Shelling Were Reported
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...wn-where-toxic-gas-and-shelling-were-reported
162 countries signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, which outlawed the manufacture and stockpiling of chemical weapons.
Damascus promised to destroy their supplies of sarin nerve gas in 2013.
Did Russia supply Syria with chemicals needed to produce sarin ?
The secretary of state said last week that Mr Assad’s future was a matter for the Syrian people, while the ambassador to the UN said removing him was no longer the priority (though she later tempered that remark).
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on a trip to Turkey that the "longer-term status of President Assad will be decided by the Syrian people."
. “You pick and choose your battles,” said Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN. “It’s about changing up priorities and our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out
Those comments dangerously reinforced, rather than created, the regime’s certainty that it can carry out war crimes with impunity. As a candidate, Donald Trump said Mr Assad’s future was “secondary” to defeating Isis. In February, Russia and China vetoed a security council resolution imposing sanctions over chemical weapons use; Wednesday’s meeting on the issue is unlikely to change much. Europe is deeply concerned, not least given the implications for its own security, and has reasserted that the future cannot involve Mr Assad – but its limitations are underscored by the fact the attack occurred hours before a two-day conference on Syria’s future, hosted by the UN and EU, began in Brussels. Peace talks have gone on for years; expectations are lower than ever.
58 Die In Attack In Syria Where Toxic Chemicals And Shelling Were Reported
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...wn-where-toxic-gas-and-shelling-were-reported
