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April 13th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
The tests at Porton Down reportedly concluded that the chemical traces were
from a weapon rather than gas sometimes used by the Syrian security forces
to put down protests.
“There have been some reports that it was just a strong riot-control
agent but that is not the case – it’s something else although it can’t
definitively be said to be sarin nerve agent,” one source told the
newspaper.
The sample was reportedly smuggled out of Syria in a mission involving MI6
last month.
It was not clear whether the sample was from Aleppo, Syria’s largest city,
where more than 20 people were alleged to have been killed in a chemical
attack last month.
Both the Syrian regime and rebel groups accused the other side of using
chemical weapons but definitive evidence has not yet emerged to support
either claim, or even to prove that chemical weapons were used at all.
The Ministry of Defence declined to comment on the reported tests at Porton
Down.
The fighting in Syria continued yesterday as government troops backed by
aircraft struggled to take control over a series of strategic hilltop
villages near the Lebanese border.
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