Turkey’s Sarin

Farhan Haq, spokesman for Deputy UN Secretary-General, has recently revealed that the videos handed over to the UN by some Russian journalists, showed that the “opposition fighters” used chemical weapons in their attacks against Syrians on March 19. Journalist Anastasia Popova (RTR) has confirmed already that toxic substances were used by the “opposition forces” in some attacks.

Meantime, Fares News Agency reported that “The chemical weapons used in the attack on Khan al-Assal area had been prepared by former Iraqi Military Industries Brigadier General Adnan al-Dulaimi and supplied to terrorists of the al-Nusra Front in Aleppo through Turkey’s cooperation and via Antakya,”

“The 80mm mortar shells which landed in Khan al-Assal and killed dozens of people were armed with the latest product of Dulaimi’s hidden laboratories sent to the al-Nusra Front members for testing,” the source added.

UN human rights investigators also announced that they have testimony indicating that terrorists in Syria have used Sarin gas. Interviews with victims and doctors have provided “strong, concrete suspicions” that the terrorists used the deadly nerve agent, according to a lead investigator, who also stressed that there’s no evidence that the Syrian military used Sarin.

“Our investigators have been in neighboring countries interviewing victims, doctors and field hospitals and; there are strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof of the use of Sarin gas, from the way the victims were treated,” member of the UN independent commission of inquiry on Syria Carla Del Ponte said in an interview with Swiss-Italian television.

“This was used on the part of the opposition, the ”rebels”, not by the government authorities,” she underscored.

”The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law.” Del Ponte pointed out.

The chemical attack on Khan al-Assal came after a video footage posted on the internet late in January showed that the armed “militants” in Syria possessed canisters containing chemical substances. The foreign-sponsored “militants” had earlier released footage in which rabbits were killed by inhaling poisonous gas.

With this in mind, came the repeated statements and calls by Russian Foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, that Russia was waiting Turkey’s government to present full details on arresting al-Nusra Front-affiliated Syrian gunmen carrying 2 kg cylinder of nerve agent Sarin. And to mention the frequent warnings by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson that the terrorist opposition groups and extremists might use chemical weapons to pave the way for foreign military intervention in Syria.

 “We would like to shed light on all these questions because the issue of chemical weapons has become a focus of speculation and provocation. I do not rule out that someone would like to use it to declare that a red line has been crossed and foreign intervention is needed,” the Russian foreign minister said, according to RIA Novosti.

Actually, media revelations about the involvement of Turkish military officers in Syria can’t be totally disregarded. Turkish troops and pilots have been involved in pitched battles, alongside al-Nusra terrorist or mercenary corps, in the attempt to secure the Ming airfield near Aleppo.

According to Syrian military sources and Al-Watan Newspaper, Turkish ground troops and pilots are directly involved in pitched battles for the Ming airfield, North of the Syrian city Aleppo. The Turkish troops are, according to the Syrian military, fighting alongside terrorist mercenary corps of the al-Qaeda associated al-Nusrah, as well as other predominantly foreign mercenary corps from countries like Tunisia, Libya.

Journalists have repeatedly documented Turkish military officers’ presence in Syria, distributing large weapons shipments among the terrorist or mercenary brigades.

Thus, Minister of Information, Omran al-Zou’bi’s statements that the chemical weapons used by the terrorists in Khan al-Assal in Aleppo countryside have probably arrived from Turkey, should be thoroughly shed light on and analyzed. The missile which targeted Khan al-Assal was indeed launched from an area where terrorists exist, and which is not far from Turkish territory.

Unfortunately, the UN has turned down the Syrian official request to investigate the terrorists’ use of chemicals in Khan al-Assal. Thus, the recent French and British  announcements regarding chemicals are suspicious and prove only that the game of falsifications and fabrications is to be on and on for some time to come, and is even to escalate with every failure and setback to al-Qaeda affiliates on the Syrian territories at the hands of the Syrian hero Army and People.

Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim