Takfiri Terrorists Use Chlorine in Attack on Syria’s Aleppo
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The Jaysh al-Islam militant group fighting government forces in Syria admitted using "forbidden" weapons against Kurds in Aleppo. The group's statement came after reports of chemical gas being used in shelling Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsood district.
The hardline Takfiri group did not specify what substances were used, but claimed that it will punish those responsible.
The group's statement reads: "During the clashes one of the Jaysh al-Islam brigade leaders used [weapons] forbidden in this kind of confrontations."
Victims of a chemical attack carried out in the south of Syria's Aleppo Governorate show all signs of chlorine poisoning, a doctor from a Red Crescent hospital in Aleppo said.
Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood was shelled with mortars containing chemical agents earlier on Thursday.
Victims of a chemical attack carried out in the south of Syria's Aleppo Governorate show all signs of chlorine poisoning, a doctor from a Red Crescent hospital in Aleppo said.
The Kurdish Red Crescent confirmed reports that chemicals had been used in the attack. "The symptoms of those affected by the attack such as choking made it possible to affirm that they were poisoned as a result of the use of banned toxic gases such as chlorine or other agents. All our patients have similar symptoms," Doctor Wallat Mamu said.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units [YPG] confirmed to RIA Novosti that a gas attack was carried out in the city of Aleppo, blaming it on "Islamist militants acting under the protection of Turkey." YPG vowed to inform both Russian and US ceasefire monitoring centers in Syria of the incident.
Earlier this week, a military source told RIA Novosti that militants from Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri "ISIS" group] radical group used poisonous gas in an attack against a Syrian army airbase in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry reported observing a rise in terrorist attacks in the Aleppo area over the past two weeks, which it said had killed and injured dozens of people.
"In [the] past two weeks, the number and the scale of terrorist provocations in Aleppo have grown significantly - 44 civilians have been killed and 74, including children, have been wounded as a result of these attacks," said the ministry's spokesman, Igor Konashenkov.
Official YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told RT that Turkey contributed greatly to the disruption of the ceasefire in Aleppo by backing militant groups fighting against the Kurds in Syria.
"Here in Sheikh Maqsood, and in Aleppo, there is no cessation of hostilities. The ceasefire has not brought any peace for the YPG and the Kurdish people. In fact it's the opposite - the attacks on us have intensified. We are absolutely sure that it's the Turkish government and the rebel groups they support that are responsible for these assaults," said Xelil.
The ceasefire in Syria came into effect on February 27. The cessation of hostilities agreement, drawn up with the active involvement of US and Russian diplomats, includes some 97 militant opposition groups operating in Syria. Terrorist organizations, such as Daesh and al-Nusra Front, were excluded from the deal.
Numerous violations of the ceasefire have been reported since its implementation. Last month, Sergey Kuralenko, head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria, confirmed 250 cases of the ceasefire being breached.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
