Update 1: Russia has reportedly dispatched drones to the area to confirm Syria's reports. The Russian military said that it has no information confirming the reports of death as a result of the US-led coalition's strike.
"The
Russian Defense Ministry does not possess information confirming
reports of deaths and the type of the destriction as a result of the
US-led coalition's bombing near Deir ez-Zor."
"Unmanned aerial vehicles have been sent to the area to monuitor the situation," the ministry added.
As we detailed earlier, the Syrian General Staff said that the US-led coalition struck an ISIS depot storing chemical weapons in Deir ez-Zor on Wednesday, poisoning and killing several hundred people, including civilians.
As SputnikNews reports, the Syrian military said that this fact proves that terrorists possess chemical weapons.
"The jets of the so-called US-led coalition launched a strike at about 17:30-17:50 [local time, 14:30-14:50 GMT] on a Daesh warehouse where many foreign fighters were present. First a white cloud and then a yellow one appeared at the site of the strike, which points at the presence of a large number of poisonous substances. A fire at the site continued until 22:30 [19:30 GMT],"
The Syrian army yet again denied possessing chemical weapons. According to the Syrian General Staff, the US-led coalition's strike killed several hundred people, including civilians. Hundreds were poisoned as a result of the strike on Daesh's headquarters and depot with chemical weapons.
"This confirms that Daesh and al-Nusra terrorists possess chemical weapons and are capable of using, obtaining and transporting it," the document said.
Furthermore, if true, the US coalition just did exactly what Russia has claimed occurred in the initial chemical attack (that prompted President Trump's "Tomahawk" torrent). The Russian Defense Ministry said the day after the initial chemical weapons release that an airstrike near Khan Shaykhun was carried out by Syrian aircraft, struck a terrorist warehouse that stored chemical weapons slated for delivery to Iraq.
Of course, the propaganda battle is not over so what we need now is some YouTube clip to 'prove' what the US coalition did.
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據以色列《國土報》報道，敍利亞軍方指，以美國為首的盟軍周三空襲屬於極端回教組織「伊斯蘭國」（IS）的化工廠，引致其毒氣外洩，甚至造成百多名平民死亡。盟軍否認與事件有關。報道亦提及，以色列國防部部長表示百分百肯定巴沙爾‧阿薩德是早前毒氣攻擊平民事件的幕後黑手。
另外，據美國中央司令部周四透露，盟軍在4月11日空襲塔布卡南部，對抗IS時，擊中了錯誤的坐標，令反政府的敍利亞民主部隊18名部隊成員死亡。
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