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Monday, April 9, 2018
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Monday, April 9, 2018
Russia calls reports of alleged Syria gas attack a ‘provocation’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s foreign minister has called reports of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria a “provocation.”
Syrian opposition activists and local rescuers said on Sunday that the suspected attack from the previous day against the last remaining foothold of the rebels in the eastern suburbs of Damascus killed at least 40 people.
Russia earlier managed to negotiate with the rebels an evacuation from that area.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday rejects the reports of the attack, calling it a “provocation.” He says the Russian military visited the site of the suspected attack and found no traces of the chemicals.
— AP
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