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UNO macht Assad für Giftgasangriffe verantwortlich

assadOffenbar haben die Vereinten Nationen und die Organisation für das Verbot chemischer Waffen (OPCW) ihre bisherige Zurückhaltung aufgegeben und erklären nun erstmalig, dass Assad und sein Bruder nachweislich persönlich für die tödlichen Giftgasangriffe vom Sommer 2013 verantwortlich seien, denen damals mehr als 1.500 Menschen zum Opfer fielen:

„International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen by Reuters.

A joint inquiry for the United Nations and global watchdog the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had previously identified only military units and did not name any commanders or officials. Now a list has been produced of individuals whom the investigators have linked to a series of chlorine bomb attacks in 2014-15 – including Assad, his younger brother Maher and other high-ranking figures – indicating the decision to use toxic weapons came from the very top, according to a source familiar with the inquiry.

The Assads could not be reached for comment but a Syrian government official said accusations that government forces had used chemical weapons had ‚no basis in truth‘. The government has repeatedly denied using such weapons during the civil war, which is almost six years old, saying all the attacks highlighted by the inquiry were the work of rebels or the Islamic State militant group. The list, which has been seen by Reuters but has not been made public, was based on a combination of evidence compiled by the U.N.-OPCW team in Syria and information from Western and regional intelligence agencies, according to the source, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.”

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