State Department Aware of Claims US, UK Supplied Toxins to Syria
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The US Department of State is aware of reports about toxic agents used in Syria, a department official told Sputnik on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad earlier in the day accused US and UK-based companies of supplying toxic agents to terrorists, adding that CS and CN substances, allegedly produced by NonLethal Technologies and Chemring Defence, were found in Aleppo and Damascus.
"We have seen these reports. Let’s be clear, we have long expressed our strong condemnation of the use of chemical weapons. [Its] use by any party in Syria would violate international standards and norms," the official said.
The official provided no additional comments on the companies, but reiterated the US...