Syria staged a chlorine attack in May in first confirmed violation of chemical-weapons ban since 2018 allied strike on regime, U.S. intelligence says
The episode took place on May 19 near the village of Kabana as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces sought to subdue resistance in Latakia province, a senior U.S. official said.
At least four people were wounded in the rocket strike, which was alleged at the time by the Syrian opposition but took months for U.S. intelligence to confirm. The Syrian government has denied the attack. In April 2018, the U.S., France and Britain carried out a series of missile strikes following the Assad government’s alleged use of chemical weapons earlier that month in the Syrian city of Douma.
After Syrian forces used sarin in 2013 near the Syrian capital in attack that killed some 1,400 people, Mr. Obama initially authorized a military response but then decided against it. Instead, his administration negotiated an agreement with Russia to rid Syria of its chemical weapons agents, equipment for producing them and chemical munitions.
When reports that chlorine has been used in May emerged, the State Department said they would be investigated, and repeated earlier warnings that “the United State will respond quickly and appropriately" if the Assad government uses chemical weapons.
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