Syria will never use chemical arms against its own people, says Foreign and Expatriates Ministry

DAMASCUS, (ST)- Syria has repeatedly stressed that it will never  use any chemical weapons, if any,

against its own  people ,under any  circumstances, a Foreign and Expatriates Ministry official insisted on  Monday.

In  response to the statements of  the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in which she warned Syria against the possibility of using chemical weapons, the source added that  Syria has repeatedly confirmed  to the U.S. side directly and through the Russian friends and to the UN Secretary General it will never use chemical weapons against its own people under any circumstances.

” Syria is defending its people and struggling along with them against al-Qaeda-linked terrorism which is being backed by some  countries which are spearheaded by  the USA itself, “the source added.

The US has a long history as regards fabricating such issues, last and not least its claiming about  the  existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and consequently  its used those claims as a pretext to invade Iraq.

The Ministry source slammed the US for being the first country in history to use nuclear weapons in 1945 against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, calling on it to stop fabricating such things.

“these fabrications are aimed basically at misleading the U.S. and world public opinion and diverting attention away from the US involvement in the crisis in Syria concerning  funding and political support to  the terrorist groups.

M.D