Syrian army’s responsibility for Douma chemical weapons attack confirmed, Turkish MFA says

“The Investigation and Identification Team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), established with a mandate to identify those responsible for the chemical weapons attacks in Syria, concluded in its third report that the regime is the perpetrator of the chlorine gas attack that took place in Douma on 7 April 2018,” the Ministry said.

The ministry underlined that “the responsibility of the regime for another chemical weapons attack has been confirmed.”

The Ministry added that Ankara would continue to support the efforts, first and foremost by UN and OPCW, aiming at ensuring accountability in Syria.

On Saturday, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said a probe had found the Syrian regime responsible for the 2018 chlorine attack on Douma city.

“The OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT)’s third report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Forces were the perpetrators of the chemical weapons attack on 7 April 2018 in Douma, Syrian Arab Republic,” said the global chemical weapon watchdog. (ILKHA)