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April 26, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/syria-punished-chemical-weapons/2021/04/21/51823938-a2c1-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Watchdog Group Votes to Punish Syria for Chemical Weapons Use

(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted Wednesday to strip Syria of its membership rights for repeatedly using poison gas against its own citizens, in a move vigorously opposed by Russia. The largely symbolic vote was approved by 87 to 14, with 34 abstentions. The vote followed OPCW forensic investigations that officially linked the Syrian government to chemical attacks in 2017 and 2018. Those reports identified the specific military units responsible.

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