#14feb Opposition accuses Assad of another gas attack

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PublishedApril 05th 2014

                                              

                                                            

Opposition accuses Assad of another gas attack

Activists post video on YouTube of a man being treated with oxygen and being injected by medics

Syrian opposition again accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces Thursday of using chemical weapons near the capital Damascus.

The alleged attack on the neighborhood of Jobar comes a week after the Syrian government sent a letter to the United Nations claiming it had evidence that rebel groups were planning a toxic gas attack in the same area, Reuters reported.

Activists from the opposition “Jobar Revo” group posted the video on YouTube of a man being treated with oxygen and being injected by medics. A voice off-screen said Thursday’s date and that there was “a poison attack in Jobar.”

This week an international coordinator told the UN Security Council that Syria can still meet a June deadline for getting rid of its chemical weapons, but to do so must resume stalled weapons transfers now, according to AFP.

Syria has suspended the transfers for what it says are security reasons, but on Sunday said it planned to resume them in the “coming days.”

Sigrid Kaag, coordinator for the international operation to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, warned the council any further delay would make it “increasingly challenging” to stick to the June 30 deadline, according to diplomats.