Claims Syrian government used chemical arms ‘fabricated’. - Russian Foreign Ministry

Allegations that the Syrian government has been deploying toxic chemicals are false, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Moscow says that it has evidence to the contrary, adding that such claims could be a pretext for intervention.
The statement was made shortly after opposition reports of chlorine gas attacks emerged. Rebel sources have released photographs and video of what they claim to be assaults by the Syrian government over the past month that share the characteristics of a chlorine attack.

“Accusations against government forces of supposed cases of the use of poisonous chemicals continue to be fabricated,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “According to reliable evidence the Russian side possesses, such allegations do not correspond to reality.”

China says probing reports Chinese chlorine used in Syria attack

China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it was investigating reports that a chlorine canister bearing the name of the country's biggest arms maker was shown in footage believed to document a gas attack in Syria this month.
Attacks this month in several areas in Syria share characteristics that have led analysts to believe that there is a coordinated chlorine bomb campaign, with growing evidence that it is the government side dropping the weapons.

US says examining 'indications' of toxic chemical in Syria

WASHINGTON - The United States has indications of the use of a toxic chemical, probably chlorine, in Syria this month and is examining indications that the Syrian government was responsible, the US State Department said on Monday.
"We have indications of the use of a toxic industrial chemical" in the town of Kfar Zeita, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

Hollande: France has 'information' that Assad regime still using chemical weapons

French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that his country had "information" that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad had continued using chemical weapons, although Paris lacked proof.
"We have a few elements of information but I do not have the proof," AFP quoted Hollande as telling the Europe 1 radio station.

Syrian activists report new poison gas attack in the Damascus suburb of Harasta

Syrian opposition activists said Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces used poison gas once again in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Footage of four men being treated by medics was posted on the internet. A voice off-screen gave the date and said Assad's forces used "poison gas in Harasta." It did not say if there were fatalities.

VIDEO. Pilonnage et combats violents continuent dans la banlieue de Damas

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Des images amateur, envoyées par la rébellion via les réseaux sociaux, montrent des bombardements de l'aviation syrienne sur des quartiers de la banlieue de la capitale.


Régime syrien et rebelles se sont accusés d'avoir recours à des armes chimiques dans le conflit en Syrie, au moment où les Etats-Unis et les Nations Unies cherchent à faire pression en déployant respectivement des moyens militaires et en envoyant samedi 24 août un émissaire pour accélérer l'enquête.