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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on April 25, 2017, 04:01:13 pm
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US sanctions 271 Syrian scientists and chemists over sarin attack
In one of its largest-ever sanctions, US Treasury Department took aim at Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre
The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist on Monday, punishing them for their alleged role in the deadly chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in early April.
In one of its largest-ever sanctions announcements, the US Treasury Department took aim at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), which it said was responsible for developing the alleged sarin gas weapon used in the 4 April attack.
The attack left 87 dead, including many children, in the town of Khan Sheikhun, provoking outrage in the West, which accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of being responsible.
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