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Foreign & Commonwealth Office statement on reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria

The UK calls on Asad regime and its backers, Russia and Iran, to stop the violence against innocent civilians.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published
8 April 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

A Foreign & Commonwealth Office spokesperson said:

These are very concerning reports of a chemical weapons attack with significant number of casualties, which if correct, are further proof of Asad鈥檚 brutality against innocent civilians and his backers鈥� callous disregard for international norms.

An urgent investigation is needed and the international community must respond. We call on the Asad regime and its backers, Russia and Iran, to stop the violence against innocent civilians.

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Published 8 April 2018