The OPCW confirmed the use of sarin in Idlib

Idlib

The Director-General of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OHSA) Ahmet üzümcü, said that the gas attack on April 4 in Idlib Syrian used sarin or its equivalent. According to Reuters, the words of the head of the organization quoted the representatives of the British delegation.

They argue that these data are obtained after carrying out the necessary tests.

13 April it was reported that Syrian authorities expressed readiness to provide the OPCW experts access to the shayrat airbase, which supposedly holds the sarin used in the attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun.

The day before the meeting of the UN security Council, Russia has veto and blocked proposed United States, Britain and France draft resolution on the chemical attack in Syria.

April 4, the Syrian opposition, said the Syrian government forces of chemical weapons in Idlib province, resulting in 87 people were killed and over 200 injured. Damascus his involvement in the incident rejected, however, on the night of 7 April, the President of the United States Donald trump ordered the missile strike on the airfield shirt used by Syrian government aircraft. The object were fired 58 cruise missiles. According to Washington, this was the airbase flew the aircraft with banned ammunition on Board.

In Moscow are two main versions of what happened in Idlib. At first, Syrian aircraft bombed an underground workshop for the production of chemical warfare agents. According to another, chemical attack could be staged.

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