Inertial gas

The regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad for the eighth time used chemical weapons in the eastern guta. This was reported by the Turkish publication Anadolu with reference to the local civil defense department ("White Helmets").

On Monday, the chemical attack on the eve of the Khamuria district of East Guta, besieged by the government forces of the suburbs of Damascus. As a result, 30 people, most of whom are women and children, suffered from the influence of toxic gas. Among them are two white helmets.

Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that at the beginning of last week, at a meeting in the White House, US President Donald Trump discussed with defense Minister James Mattis and National Security Advisor Herbert McMaster a possible response to the use of a government chemical weapon army near Damascus. The meeting was attended by the head of the White House apparatus John Kelly. According to the source of the newspaper, Mattis spoke out against an Assad army, while the McMaster was for. In the end, no decision was made.

In turn, Pentagon’s spokesman Dane White denied that Mattis participated in a discussion about military operations in Syria, and stated that there was no such meeting in the White House at all.

On February 25, the American-Syrian Medical Society reported the use of chemical weapons by government troops . From 14 to 16 people with symptoms of poisoning with a certain chemical substance - possibly chlorine entered one of the city hospitals. It was reported that before that, at least six chemical attacks were recorded in the suburbs of Dasaska.

On February 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on a 30-day ceasefire throughout Syria to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate the patients and wounded. Earlier, the document has repeatedly broken the document . Nevertheless, government troops continued the attack on East Guta. The evacuation of the civilian population was disrupted.

On Monday, "The continuing military offensive of the Assad regime supported by Russia and Iran" was convicted in the White House . The statement emphasized that Moscow, after repeated attempts to postpone the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution, continues to bomb the peaceful population "under the false pretext of consoral operations." As noted, from February 24 to 28, Russian aviation made at least 20 sorties to defeat targets in Damascus and Eastern Guta from the Khmeimim air base. The American administration believes that now Moscow and Damascus are allowed the same "lies and disproportionate use of force" as during the siege of Aleppo in 2016.