Russia finds signs of terrorist gas attacks in Syria

The Russian military chemical warfare defense unit has found signs of the use of chemical agents by terrorists against the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo.

According to the reports, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday that forces with the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense unit found the evidence in the 1070 district of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The experts “found evidence of chemical weapon use by terrorists against the civilian population and Syrian servicemen” in the form of un-exploded shells bearing chlorine and white phosphorus, it said.

A recent chemical attack on the area killed two people and injured dozens of others.

Aleppo has been divided over the past four years between government forces in the west and foreign-backed militants in the east, making it a front-line battleground.

Also on Friday, UN human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said that the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh was reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulfur agents in civilian areas in the northern Iraq city of Mosul possibly for use as chemical weapons.

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