Syria has rejected a UN report accusing its air force of using sarin chemical gas to attack civilians, calling it politically motivated and baseless.
In a statement made today in the official news agency, the Syrian government stated that it does not possess chemical weapons and that it considers the use of such weapons "a moral crime that is only reprehensible". United Nations investigators announced yesterday that they had found solid evidence that a Russian-made plane used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's air force carried out a sarin attack that killed at least 83 civilians this spring. The attack was carried out in April on the city of Khan Sheikhun in the hands of the rebels. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria based its report on information gathered from satellite images, video footage, photographs, medical notes and more than 300 interviews. The Syrian government has questioned the report's findings, saying they were based on information from "terrorists and their agents in the region" and said it rejects the commission's report.
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