A Syrian air strike hit a terrorist warehouse containing toxic substances, Moscow said Wednesday.
“According to the objective data of the Russian airspace control, Syrian aviation struck a large terrorist warehouse near Khan Sheikhun,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.
It housed “a warehouse making bombs, with toxic substances”, said the ministry.
“The arsenal of chemical weapons” was destined for fighters in Iraq, the ministry said, adding that the information was “completely reliable and objective.”
The use of such weapons “by terrorists has been repeatedly proved by international organizations as well as official authorities” in Iraq.
Foreign-backed Syrian armed opposition, backed by Western mainstream media claim that Syrian government forces carried a chemical attack in the Idlib province, killing and injuring dozens of people.
Syria firmly denies such attack, stressing that these allegations could be part of anti-Damascus propaganda.
Source: Agencies
