The European Union imposed sanctions on 16 Syrian scientists and
military officials Monday for their suspected involvement in a chemical
attack in northern Syria in April that killed scores of civilians.
The U.N.’s chemical watchdog, the OPCW, last month concluded that the nerve agent sarin was used as a chemical weapon in the April 4 attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed at least 87 people including children.
Western intelligence agencies accuse the government of Bashar Assad of carrying out the attack, arguing that rebels in the area would not have had the capabilities.
Read more: EU puts sanctions on Syrian scientists, military officials | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
The U.N.’s chemical watchdog, the OPCW, last month concluded that the nerve agent sarin was used as a chemical weapon in the April 4 attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed at least 87 people including children.
Western intelligence agencies accuse the government of Bashar Assad of carrying out the attack, arguing that rebels in the area would not have had the capabilities.
Read more: EU puts sanctions on Syrian scientists, military officials | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
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