The OPCW to investigate use of chlorine by Syrian Army

The announcement last Monday that the Bashar al-Assad will run for Syrian presidential election is being followed by a series of attacks on areas controlled by the Army in the civil war raging in the country for more than three years. Assad, who recently declared his confidence that the war is in its favor, meanwhile continues his harsh attacks on rebel strongholds in urban Homs and Aleppo, and punished with cheap indiscrimadas barrel pumps. U.S. and France say they have evidence that the regime has perpetrated several attacks with toxic chlorine gas since last February.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) dispatch a mission to Syria to investigate the use of chlorine by Asad Army. Chlorine gas is pure something less harmful than other compounds of military use such as mustard gas, but can also kill and has been used in various wars. According to activists denounced opponents of the regime, Assad loyalists bombs thrown from helicopters with this poisonous element in civilian areas.

The OPCW said that the Syrian regime has accepted this mission of international control. In his defense, the Army argues that the gas was used against a group of insurgents linked to al Qaeda.

Confirmation of these chemical attacks by the regime reveal the unilateral breach of international agreements reached with Russian mediation last fall. Earlier, Washington had considered military intervention to punish Assad for his use of these weapons in civilian areas. Damascus promised to deliver all its chemical arsenal and, according to the OPCW has ” removed ” about 90 % of its stock.

Chlorine has many civilian uses and is not included in the list of chemicals banned by the treaty signed in Assad fall. Neither comes into this statistic OPCW. However, the treaty to which Assad pledged as prohibiting the use of any chemical weapon.

This time several electoral competitors are present, but no doubt the victory of Assad in the sham elections that will be held on June 3. Assad governs Syria since the death of his father Hafez al-Assad in 2000, who in turn had led the Republic for 30 years. The election date may, however, be a spur to flare up again attacking opponents to areas under the control of the regime. On Tuesday, a string of bombings and mortar attacks killed more than a hundred dead in pro-government areas of Homs and Damascus. Among the victims were many children. The attack raises questions about the electoral process that Assad seeks to provide an impression of peace and security in the war.

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