U.S. concurs with new findings on Syria's use of chemical weapons - Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new report by the global chemical weapons watchdog is the latest addition to a 'large and growing body of evidence' that the Syrian government uses chemical weapons against its people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday. Pompeo also said in a statement that Washington assesses that the Syrian government 'retains sufficient chemicals - specifically sarin and chlorine - and expertise from its traditional chemical weapons (CW) program to use sarin, to produce and deploy chlorine munitions, and to develop new CW.' (Reporting by Jonathan Landay; Editing by Chris Reese)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new report by the global chemical weapons watchdog is the latest addition to a "large and growing body of evidence" that the Syrian government uses chemical weapons against its people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.
Pompeo also said in a statement that Washington assesses that the Syrian government "retains sufficient chemicals - specifically sarin and chlorine - and expertise from its traditional chemical weapons (CW) program to use sarin, to produce and deploy chlorine munitions, and to develop new CW."
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(Reporting by Jonathan Landay; Editing by Chris Reese)
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