West delaying UN probe into Syria chemical attack: Russia
Russia has accused Western powers of attempting to delay a United Nations probe into the recent use of chemical weapons by foreign-backed militants in the Syrian city of Aleppo. - During a Wednesday session at the UN Security Council, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin voiced Moscow’s support for the Syrian government’s call for an independent inquiry into the chemical attack by foreign-backed militants in Aleppo. [...] On March 19, at least 25 people were killed and many others injured when militants fired missiles “containing a chemical substance” into Khan al-Assal village near Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a report by the official Syrian news agency SANA. Following the deadly incident, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi described the militants’ use of chemical weapons as the “first act” by the so-called opposition interim government formed by Syria's opposition National Coalition on the same day.
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