President of Syria Bashar Al-assad says chemical attack was a fabrication

by Itunuoluwa Adebo

President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed reports of last week’s chemical attack as “100% fabrication”.

In an interview with the AFP news agency, conducted under restrictions imposed by the Syrian government at the presidential palace in Damascus, Assad claimed the reported details of what happened were not credible because their source was al-Qaeda’s former affiliate in Syria, Nusra Front. The entire incident was “fabricated” and “unconvincing,” he claimed.

The reports of what happened came from eyewitnesses, victims and medical staff. The day after the fourth of April attack, which left 89 people dead and injured dozens more.

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Syria and its most powerful ally, Russia, have vehemently denied the accusations, saying that terrorist groups were behind the deaths. The UK ministry of defense and Turkish authorities say tests have been carried out on samples that provide evidence that Sarin or a similar substance was used. Experts have also said that only the Syrian regime is likely to have the capability to produce Sarin, a volatile substance with a very short shelf life.

The interview with AFP’s Damascus bureau chief took place on Wednesday. Severe restrictions were placed on the news agency: .it was not allowed to film the interview itself; instead, the encounter was filmed by the Syrian presidency. Only footage of first five questions asked by the interviewer was provided to AFP.

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When asked if he had ordered the chemical weapons attack, Assad said the Syrian military had no chemical weapons and that it would not use them if it did.

 

 

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