Silence on Jobar Chemical Attack Unacceptable

Salem al-Meslet, spokesman for the Syrian Coalition, calls upon the international community and the international commission of inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in Syria to “take urgent steps to deter the Assad regime and held it accountable for its use of toxic chlorine gas in Jobar district and East Ghouta on Tuesday. “The silence of the international community on these crimes will have disastrous consequences on the confidence of the Syrian people in the friends of the Syrian people and the international anti-ISIS coalition and will play into the hands of ISIS whether in terms of its expansion on the ground or the increase in the number of its sympathizers. Moreover, the Assad regime will see in this a green light to commit more crimes. Assad’s use of chemical weapons violates the UN Security Council Resolution 2118 which bans the use of chemical weapons. However, regime forces used these weapons in more 30 attacks across Syria, the last of which killed 11 civilians as a result of suffocation.” It is worth noting that the latest chemical attacks on Damascus suburbs followed many failed attempts by regime forces to storm these areas, losing at least 70 militants and dozens of injuries. (Source: Syrian Coalition)