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OPCW WATCHDOG ATTRIBUTES 2015 SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK TO ISIS: REPORT

The report shows ISIS units deployed sulphur mustard gas via their artillery
munitions on the town of Marea, amidst ongoing accusations against the Syrian
government

News Desk

FEB 23, 2024

(Photo Credit: Anas Al-Dyab/Agence France-Presse)

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) stated on 22
February that there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that ISIS perpetrated
chemical weapons attacks on the town of Marea, close to Aleppo, in 2015.

The Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) of the watchdog determined that
ISIS militants utilized sulphur mustard in attacks across various parts of the
town on 1 September 2015.

According to a OPCW report, ISIS units deployed sulphur mustard gas via their
artillery munitions on the town of Marea between 9:00 and 12:00 pm. OPCW's
report stated, “The chemical agent was delivered using one or more artillery
guns."

IIT discovered that 11 people who were exposed to a "black, vicious substance"
present in projectiles at the attack location exhibited symptoms that aligned
with sulphur mustard exposure.

The recent report emerges amid ongoing accusations by the international
community that the Syrian government conducted chemical attacks within its
borders, allegations that Damascus vehemently denies. 

In 2014, Syria relinquished its chemical weapons arsenal to a collaborative
effort between the US and the OPCW, which then supervised the dismantling of
these weapons.

Damascus asserts that the chemical attack was “staged” to exert pressure on and
discredit President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Last August, Syria's UN representative affirmed that Washington provided
chemical weapons to extremist militant groups in the Arab state's western
provinces in addition to training them for false-flag operations. 

David Schenker from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) also
previously noted that Washington used Al Tanf as a training ground for armed
opposition groups in Syria, acting as a strategic asset in the extended
discussions on the nation's future.

According to a Reuters report, in 2018, Syria's former foreign minister, Walid
Muallem, noted that OPCW previously disclosed allegations of the Syrian
government using chemical weapons against its civilians were devoid of any
evidence.  

However, the OPCW retracted its statement following pressure from the US.
Several political commentators, including Noam Chomsky, reiterated that the
organization had "suppressed" information indicating that the chemical attack by
the Syrian government on Douma in 2018 did not occur.

More recently, US journalist Seymour Hersh reported in 2021 that a classified US
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) briefing in June 2013 indicated that Al-Nusra
Front maintained a sarin production cell and was attempting a large-scale
production effort in Syria.

 * Syria
 * Chemical weapons
 * Bashar al-Assad
 * OPCW

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