Syria denies OPCW’s findings on chemical weapon attack in 2018

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Updated: Jan 28, 2023, 22:21 UTC

(Reuters) - Syria's foreign ministry said on Saturday that a report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that found the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical weapon attack on the rebel-held Syrian city of Douma in 2018 lacked any evidence, and denied the allegations.

A girl looks on following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma

(Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that a report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that found the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical weapon attack on the rebel-held Syrian city of Douma in 2018 lacked any evidence, and denied the allegations.

The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Friday a nearly two-year investigation had found that at least one Syrian military helicopter had dropped gas cylinders onto residential buildings in Douma, killing 43 people.

(Reporting by Timour Azhari; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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