The White House statement on using “chemical weapons” full of lies, stresses Damascus

DAMASCUS,(ST)_Syria has censured in the strongest possible terms the White House statement on using the chemical weapons in Syria, saying that it comes in conformity with  insolent practices previously used by the US to justify its policy.

An official source at Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said Friday: “the statement is full of lies and based on fabricated information to shoulder the Syrian government responsibility for using the chemical weapons.”

It noted that recent reports have confirmed the extremist terrorist group’s possession of the lethal chemical weapons and technology needed to produce them and smuggle them from some nearby states.

The US hypocrisy

The source, in addition, talked about the US double-standard policy in dealing with terrorism, saying: ” The US alleges keenness on combating terrorism and blacklists al-Nusra Front, while at the same time it supplies terrorist groups in Syria with arms, money, equipment and offers them a political coverage through preventing the UN Security Council from condemning their massacres.”

Yesterday, the Foreign Ministry called on  the UNSC to condemn a new massacre perpetrated on Wednesday by terrorist groups during which more than 60 locals in Hatla village in Der Ezzour city were reportedly killed .

” Providing military assistance to armed terrorist groups, who are perpetrating crimes against citizens, proves the US involvement in the Syrian bloodshed and raises a question about credibility of the US intentions to bring about a political solution to the crisis in Syria,” the source concluded.

Basma Qaddour