Damascus has no physical capabilities to use chemical weapons, as its chemical arsenal was completely destroyed, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th August, 2018) Damascus has no physical capabilities to use chemical weapons, as its chemical arsenal was completely destroyed, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
"We would like to stress once again that it is absolutely unacceptable for Russia to use toxic substances in combat, as well as chemical staging in order to make false accusations against the Syrian government and the military in the alleged chemical attacks. Damascus is not even physically able to do this anymore," Zakharova told a briefing.
"Chemical arsenals of Syria were completely destroyed under international control during a unique operation involving the United States, among others," she added.
The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation said earlier this week that representatives of the White Helmets group had delivered a large shipment of toxic substances to a warehouse used militants in Idlib province in order to stage a false-flag chemical attack and subsequently accuse the government forces of the use of toxic agents against civilians.
