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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Tillerson: Russia ‘bears responsibility’ for Syria chemical attacks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia bears responsibility for recent apparent chemical attacks by the Syrian government.
“Only yesterday, more than 20 civilians, most of them children, were victims of an apparent chlorine gas attack,” Tillerson says of the reported attack in Eastern Ghouta that left its victims struggling to breathe.
“Whoever conducted the attacks, Russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims in East Ghouta and countless other Syrians targeted with chemical weapons, since Russia became involved in Syria,” he tells reporters in Paris.
— AFP
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