ICRC denies reports on chemicals in Syria

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not confirmed reports about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to the Voice of Russia.

A statement to this effect came today from Robert Mardini, ICRC’s Head of Operations for the Near and Middle East, as he spoke to Russian journalists at a Moscow conference, organized by the Red Cross and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

 Mardini said the Red Cross “had no hard evidence that could prove either party in the conflict had used chemical weapons.”

He added ICRC volunteers had access to almost every Syrian region and vowed the Red Cross would raise this issue, should any proof of a chemical war emerge.

H. Mustafa