Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has slammed as a false information release the media reports that toxic gas was allegedly dispersed in the area where a Russian helicopter was earlier shot down in Syria.
"I don’t have information; we don’t have information about how the operation is proceeding," Peskov said.
"It is very hard to react to such information releases: it is not always clear what they are based on, what their sources are and so on," the Kremlin spokesman said.
The news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing representatives of Syrian opposition forces that on the night after a Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down, some helicopter allegedly dropped containers with toxic gas on a township near the place of the disaster. The report also claimed that more than 30 people had suffered from the gas.
The Kremlin spokesman advised journalists to turn to the relevant departments for details of what was going on in the region.
"Probably, these issues shouldn’t be addressed to the Kremlin," Peskov said.
"This question should be addressed not to us," Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
The Kremlin spokesman also refused to comment on US State Secretary John Kerry’s recent statements that Moscow and Damascus should refrain from offensive operations in Syria, as well as similar statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
"I would prefer not to comment on the statements made by the (US) state secretary and Turkish foreign minister. In this case, you should better ask the Russian Foreign Ministry for comments," he noted......More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/892022
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"I don’t have information; we don’t have information about how the operation is proceeding," Peskov said.
"It is very hard to react to such information releases: it is not always clear what they are based on, what their sources are and so on," the Kremlin spokesman said.
The news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing representatives of Syrian opposition forces that on the night after a Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down, some helicopter allegedly dropped containers with toxic gas on a township near the place of the disaster. The report also claimed that more than 30 people had suffered from the gas.
The Kremlin spokesman advised journalists to turn to the relevant departments for details of what was going on in the region.
"Probably, these issues shouldn’t be addressed to the Kremlin," Peskov said.
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"This question should be addressed not to us," Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
The Kremlin spokesman also refused to comment on US State Secretary John Kerry’s recent statements that Moscow and Damascus should refrain from offensive operations in Syria, as well as similar statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
"I would prefer not to comment on the statements made by the (US) state secretary and Turkish foreign minister. In this case, you should better ask the Russian Foreign Ministry for comments," he noted......More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/892022
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Dr Abdel Aziz Bareeh, who works in Saraqeb, told the BBC that two barrels of chlorine gas were dropped on the town late on Monday...
ReplyDelete"We know it's chlorine because we were hit by it in the past and we are familiar with its odour and symptoms... We have 28 confirmed cases mostly women and children."
Separately, a spokesman for Syria Civil Defence told Reuters that 33 people had been affected in the attack.
The organisation of volunteer rescue workers said it suspected the barrels contained chlorine but were unable to confirm it.
Chlorine is a common industrial chemical, but its use in weapons is banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention.....http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36951783
Syrian rescuers claimed on Tuesday that a helicopter had dropped poisonous gas overnight near where a Russian helicopter had earlier been shot down, Reuters reports...
ReplyDeleteA Syrian Civil Defense spokesperson told the news agency that 33 people, the majority women and children, were affected by the gas, which workers said they believed was chlorine gas.
The organization uploaded a video to YouTube claiming to show several men unable to breathe and requiring oxygen masks in the town of Saraqeb.
"Medium-sized barrels fell containing toxic gasses," the spokesman told Reuters. "The Syrian Civil Defense was not able to determine the type of the gas."......i24news.tv