The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)

Assad linked to sarin gas use

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Chemical analysis of samples taken from a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria shows the nerve agent used “bears the signature” of president Bashar Assad’s regime and that it was responsibl­e, France’s foreign minister has said.

Jean-Marc Ayrault said yesterday that France now knows “from sure sources” that “the manufactur­ing process of the sarin that was sampled is typical of the method developed in Syrian laboratori­es”.

He added that “this method bears the signature of the regime and that is what allows us to establish its responsibi­lity in this attack”.

Meanwhile, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said the air strike that the United States launched on a Syrian military base this month damages the prospects of a political settlement for the country.

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