The recent attacks were carried out by allies that stated they had validated the facts of the attacks. The inspectors need to validate, on the ground, that all chemical weapons capacity of Syria is ended.
If possible, humanitarian workers should be provided access to the people in areas most in need of help. The workers, their supplies and distribution need to have reassurances to their safety.
April 10, 2018
By Tracy Wilkerson
A team of international inspectors (click here) on Tuesday accepted an invitation from Syria to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack on civilians in a rebel-held enclave outside Damascus.
The U.S. and other world powers suspect Syrian government forces of being behind the attack, which reportedly killed nearly 50 people, including children. They blame Russia for helping Syria.
But both Syria and Russia insist the attack did not happen and that graphic photographs of the victims were staged.
Hoping to back its position, Syria said members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would be allowed access to the site. The autonomous, intergovernmental group, which is based at The Hague, Netherlands, said in a statement it would dispatch a fact-finding team to Syria “shortly.”
Having international inspectors on the ground in Syria could complicate any forthcoming plans by the Trump administration to bomb or otherwise retaliate against the government of President Bashar Assad.
The same group has been attacked twice by unknown hostile groups while on missions to sites of suspected chemical attacks in Syria....
