Syria ready to cooperate with UN watchdog on gas attack allegations

Syria has strongly dismissed allegations that government forces used poisonous gas against a terrorist-held area in the strategic northwestern city of Aleppo, stating that the Damascus government is ready to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over the claims.

According to the reports, Syria has strongly dismissed allegations that government forces used poisonous gas against a militant-held area in the strategic northwestern city of Aleppo, stating that the Damascus government is ready to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over the claims.

“Terrorist groups and their Western and Persian Gulf patrons regularly disseminate anti-Syria propaganda through fabricating baseless allegations about the use of chemical agents, like chlorine gas. Such attempts are aimed at misleading the international community and distracting the world public opinion from the crimes they are committing in Syria,” the statement pointed out.

The statement further noted that Damascus is ready to work with a team of the OPCW currently in Syria, and look into claims that Syrian helicopters dropped bombs with chlorine on the Sukri neighborhood of Aleppo, located some 355 km north of the capital Damascus, on Tuesday.

The Syrian government turned over its entire chemical stockpile under a deal negotiated by Russia and the United States back in 2013.

The OPCW has overseen operations to remove the chemical stockpiles from Syria.

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