Syrian authorities have not used chemical weapons since April, said the Pentagon
WASHINGTON, July 23 — RIA Novosti. The Syrian authorities have not used chemical weapons since the US attack on the Syrian air base in April, said the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the armed forces of the United States Joseph Dunford.
The white house in June, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad allegedly preparing a new chemical attack, and threatened that in case of its implementation is the price of the Syrian government will be high. After that, there were several reports about the alleged use by the Syrian authorities of chemical weapons.
So, in early July, the Pro-opposition Syrian news Internet portals said about the use of chlorine in ain-et Terme, the command of the Syrian army called the reports false and fabricated. On Saturday the German newspaper Welt, citing sources in the Syrian opposition and Western intelligence has accused the Syrian authorities in several cases of use of chemical weapons near Damascus in July.
“Assad received in April, a signal that there will be consequences if you use chemical weapons against its own citizens. Time passed, and he hadn’t used it since that time,” the General said in the security forum the Aspen Institute.