Syria gas attack prompts France to call for emergency meeting of UN Security Council

By Jessica Vomiero, National Online Journalist, Global News, http://globalnews.ca/news/3355...ted-nations-meeting/

France has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following the suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government on the northern province, Idlib.

An estimated 65 citizens are dead, including 11 children under the age of eight, and another 300 are reportedly wounded. This marks the third report of a chemical attack in just one week in Syria.

France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, called the attacks “atrocious,” and went on to describe them as a threat to national security.

France, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has supported Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad for years and lobbied for an international military campaign against Assad over the use of chemical weapons in 2013.

Despite the Syrian government denying responsibility, French President François Hollande didn’t mince words when blaming Assad for the attack.

Hollande said in a statement that:

“Once again the Syrian regime will deny the evidence of its responsibility in this massacre. Like in 2013, Bashar al-Assad counts on the complicity of his allies to act with impunity…Those who support this regime can once again assess the magnitude of their political, strategic and moral responsibility.”

The UN Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, added that the UN Security Council would meet to identify “clear identification of responsibilities, accountability.”

WATCH: World leaders condemn alleged chemical attack in Syria

The UN Security Council is already scheduled to hold its monthly meeting on Syria’s chemical weapons on Wed, April 5 in Brussels, which over 70 countries are expected to attend. Reports indicate that this meeting may be moved up.

The EU high representative for foreign affairs Federica Mogherini and the UN special envoy for Syria also held a joint news conference in Belgium on the future of Syria.

Several other nations have publicly come out against the Syrian regime in response to these attacks. The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has condemned the alleged attacks by the Syrian government and criticized the West for not intervening in similar past events. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called to rid Syria of chemical weapons following the attacks, saying he was “shocked and outraged” by the images of dead victims. The White House also eventually placed blame for the attacks on Assad and the Syrian regime.

WATCH: White House blames Syria’s Assad regime for alleged chemical attack

UN war crimes investigators said in a statement that they are looking into the attack on Idlib, as well as reports that a medical facility was also targeted.  If the Syrian regime is found accountable for these attacks, investigators say that the use of chemical weapons, as well as deliberate targeting of medical facilities, would result in “serious violations of human rights law.”

(With files from Reuters and the Canadian Press)

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It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

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Abu Jihad posted:

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

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I know how those kurds and others operate. They play naive Americans and other Westerners like a fiddle.

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

Shut you k- k- hole; your posts are 110% trash and completely devoid of reason or rationale !! 

I been waiting for that heheheee I was saying to myself..where is that keffer he makin my hanz fall...buddupp he show up.

Keffer posted:

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

Shut you k- k- hole; your posts are 110% trash and completely devoid of reason or rationale !! 

Keefer if I were you I would shut my mouth. I could take this thing up to another level so continue. So far I have I have not done so. Amral should ban you from this website. 

Prashad posted:

Keffer posted:

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

Shut you k- k- hole; your posts are 110% trash and completely devoid of reason or rationale !! 

Keefer if I were you I would shut my mouth. I could take this thing up to another level so continue. So far I have I have not done so. Amral should ban you from this website. 

You are quite right; you really should shut your yap !

I will never understand how the leaders of a country can bring themselves to inflict this kind of punishment on their citizens. Leaders are supposed to protect their citizens not harm them.

Yo backside didn't hear is like stik bruk in yo aze..u din read what Prasad said nuh...is not the govt is other people dem do it. Yall rass doan listen

cain posted:

I been waiting for that heheheee I was saying to myself..where is that keffer he makin my hanz fall...buddupp he show up.

The man is a first class idiot !! He has never been to Syria or anyplace except Guyana and USA, he has no idea of what the conflict is about or what created the current situation but he projects himself as an authority on just about everything via his dumb-ass suggestions and commentary on everything that is taking place there ! Moreover, he is an authority on 'white Arabs', 'brown Arabs', 'blue Arabs', 'green Arabs', black Arabs etc. ! 

There are several different opponents that are fighting the Syrian government. Each of them got their own agenda. They are in several cases enemies of each other. For example; Hezbollah is supporting the Syrian government. Some of their fighters are on the ground.  While Al Qaeda is supporting the opposition. The Kurds in Syria are also out to protect their political and territorial interests. These parties are just a few that I have mentioned.

Keffer posted:

cain posted:

I been waiting for that heheheee I was saying to myself..where is that keffer he makin my hanz fall...buddupp he show up.

The man is a first class idiot !! He has never been to Syria or anyplace except Guyana and USA, he has no idea of what the conflict is about or what created the current situation but he projects himself as an authority on just about everything via his dumb-ass suggestions and commentary on everything that is taking place there ! Moreover, he is an authority on 'white Arabs', 'brown Arabs', 'blue Arabs', 'green Arabs', black Arabs etc. ! 

Well one thing I know for sure you are no bloody arab period. You are brown of South Asian ancestry. So deal with it.

Prashad posted:

Keffer posted:

cain posted:

I been waiting for that heheheee I was saying to myself..where is that keffer he makin my hanz fall...buddupp he show up.

The man is a first class idiot !! He has never been to Syria or anyplace except Guyana and USA, he has no idea of what the conflict is about or what created the current situation but he projects himself as an authority on just about everything via his dumb-ass suggestions and commentary on everything that is taking place there ! Moreover, he is an authority on 'white Arabs', 'brown Arabs', 'blue Arabs', 'green Arabs', black Arabs etc. ! 

Well one thing I know for sure you are no bloody arab period. You are brown of South Asian ancestry. So deal with it.

I never claimed to be an Arab; you idiot ! I do not have to deal with anything; you, however, seem to have an inferiority complex because you perpetually write rubbish about white Arabs, Brown Arabs, etc. You are clearly obsessed with colour so it seems you have an inferiority complex. Hopefully there are 'shrinks' where you are located....go see one of them ! By the way, do you still believe Guyana ought to be partitioned into two independent states with one comprised of Essequibo and Berbice and Demerara being another. Seriously, Prashad, you need to stop taking those moron pills and go back to primary school for at least six to eight years. 

Keffer posted:

Prashad posted:

Keffer posted:

cain posted:

I been waiting for that heheheee I was saying to myself..where is that keffer he makin my hanz fall...buddupp he show up.

The man is a first class idiot !! He has never been to Syria or anyplace except Guyana and USA, he has no idea of what the conflict is about or what created the current situation but he projects himself as an authority on just about everything via his dumb-ass suggestions and commentary on everything that is taking place there ! Moreover, he is an authority on 'white Arabs', 'brown Arabs', 'blue Arabs', 'green Arabs', black Arabs etc. ! 

Well one thing I know for sure you are no bloody arab period. You are brown of South Asian ancestry. So deal with it.

I never claimed to be an Arab; you idiot ! I do not have to deal with anything; you, however, seem to have an inferiority complex because you perpetually write rubbish about white Arabs, Brown Arabs, etc. You are clearly obsessed with colour so it seems you have an inferiority complex. Hopefully there are 'shrinks' where you are located....go see one of them ! By the way, do you still believe Guyana ought to be partitioned into two independent states with one comprised of Essequibo and Berbice and Demerara being another. Seriously, Prashad, you need to stop taking those moron pills and go back to primary school for at least six to eight years. 

As I said before you be proud to be brown.  You are not an arab period but a brown South Asian so deal with it in your identity. Be proud to be brown.

ksazma posted:

I will never understand how the leaders of a country can bring themselves to inflict this kind of punishment on their citizens. Leaders are supposed to protect their citizens not harm them.

It doesn't make any military tactical sense for Assad to use chemical weapons at this stage of the conflict.

Marley was a visionary (( Man to Man so Unjust ))

I just read that Netanyahu said that he cried for the children who died. Well that is something. I guess everyone has their own agenda.

Unfortunately Netanyahu doesn't cry for the Palestinian children that his military kills.

Prashad posted:

ksazma posted:

I will never understand how the leaders of a country can bring themselves to inflict this kind of punishment on their citizens. Leaders are supposed to protect their citizens not harm them.

It doesn't make any military tactical sense for Assad to use chemical weapons at this stage of the conflict.

Absolutely not. Assad is not stupid or reckless. Also I am sure Russia would have dissuaded him. I am thinking that since his army has been making advances, this is a set up.

What about the deaths in Mosul last week? Next to no coverage. Blamed on ISIS using human shields. No coverage of the bombing in Daamscus last week either. This looks like a propaganda case.

ksazma posted:

Unfortunately Netanyahu doesn't cry for the Palestinian children that his military kills.

Very true

Keffer posted:

Prashad posted:

It could be one of the Syrian opposition groups that did this act using stolen Syrian government chemical weapons.  That is my personal view. There are several different opposition armed groups that are fighting the government. Each of them with their own agenda.

Shut you k- k- hole; your posts are 110% trash and completely devoid of reason or rationale !! 

This was the work of the ISIS terrorists.  The Govt of Syria is winning the war and have no reason to resort to chemicals.  The US is blaming the Govt to shift attention away from what happened on Mosul last week at the hands of the USAF!

That war is something else. America's allies fighting against Assad and also fighting amongst themselves.

There is America and the West backing the rebels..so is Turkey ..the Kurds and viola ISIS...all fighting against Assad and the Syrian army.

Russia is with Assad along with Lebanon...they are fighting against Assad's rebels. 

Then there is Turkey fighting against the Kurds ..who are both fighting against Assad.

Then we have ISIS. Dam what a friken nightmare.

I am surprised no one blaming the PNC for all this hoopla. Heheee

cain posted:

That war is something else. America's allies fighting against Assad and also fighting amongst themselves.

There is America and the West backing the rebels..so is Turkey ..the Kurds and viola ISIS...all fighting against Assad and the Syrian army.

Russia is with Assad along with Lebanon...they are fighting against Assad's rebels. 

Then there is Turkey fighting against the Kurds ..who are both fighting against Assad.

Then we have ISIS. Dam what a friken nightmare.

I am surprised no one blaming the PNC for all this hoopla. Heheee

Cain you forgot Al Queda.  Al Queda is supporting of the opposition that is fighting Hezbollah and the Syrian government.  But Al Queda is also fighting America whose allies are supporting the Opposition.

Then again dem and ISIS/ISIL/IS all seem the same even though they claim not to be. They wear the same indoor/outdoor rugs..same agenda.