OPCW confirms the use of the Syrian Khan Zarina Sheyhun

The final report of the OPCW will be published in two weeks.

The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) reported that during the attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Syrian province of Idlib had used poison sarin gas or similar substance.

This conclusion was made as a result of the tests.

This is stated on the website of the OPCW.

For analysis samples were taken during the autopsy of three victims of an airstrike in Khan shaykhun. Also, samples were taken from the seven victims who are on treatment in hospitals. Samples were sent for research in four laboratories of the organization, the report said.

“The research results of the four laboratories of the OPCW prove the use of sarin gas or substance similar to sarin,” said Director General of the organization Ahmet Uzumcu.

The Director General noted that the process of gathering facts, evidence and samples continues. The final report of the OPCW will be published in two weeks.

Recall that the US responded to the chemical attack a massive missile strike on Assad’s troops in Syria. The U.S. Navy has released 59 cruise missiles Tomahawk with flight range of 2 thousand kilometers of a military airport al-Sirat near the province of HOMS. It was from this airfield was carried out the chemical attack, which killed 27 children. The US President Donald trump said that the airstrike was a response to the heinous actions of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who used chemical weapons.

As you know, an attack with chemical weapons occurred on the morning of April 4 in Idlib. Killed more than 100 people, about three hundred people were injured.

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