Russian MoD Slams HRW's 'Amateurish' Claims Syrian Army Used Chemical Weapons

Human Rights Watch's claims that the Syrian government troops used chemical weapons are amateurish, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.


The HRW's new report states that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons in opposition-controlled areas at least eight times in 2016.

"Such reports, drafted by amateurs, citing data from social networks and stories by unknown anonymous eyewitnesses by phone, destroy the already controversial reputation of Human Rights Watch," ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters.

The Syrian government has been repeatedly accused by the Western countries, including the United States and the European Union, of exercising violence against own people and using weapons of mass destruction.
 (Sputnik)
14/2/17