‘Syria militants preventing chem. probe’

Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that by remaining silent and refusing to guarantee safe access for the UN investigators to the alleged place of the chemical attack, the opposition is directly preventing a probe into the incident, Reuters reported.

“Much needed signals from the opposition, including its readiness to guarantee the safety and effective work of UN experts on territory controlled by militants, unfortunately are not forthcoming,” the ministry said in a statement, adding, “It is directly preventing an objective investigation into the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.”


On Wednesday, Syria’s opposition claimed that hundreds were killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar before dawn.

Head of Syria’s opposition National Coalition, George Sabra, told reporters in Istanbul that more than 1,300 people were killed in the alleged attack.

The Syrian army has vehemently denied allegations that it used chemical weapons against Takfiri militants in the suburbs of the Ghouta region, saying the accusations were fabricated to distract the visiting team of UN chemical weapons experts and to cover up militant losses.

The UN investigators are staying at a hotel just a few kilometers away from the site of the attack. They arrived in Syria on Sunday.

In March, dozens of people were killed in a chemical attack in the northern province of Aleppo. A Russian-led inquiry said that militants were behind the deadly attack.

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