Thread by @SyriaCivilDef

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1) Astonishing and shameful information on the progress made regarding investigating the use and eliminating chemical weapons in #Syria as outlined in the latest report issued by the Director-General of the #OPCW on Friday.

2) The regime continues to obstruct investigations by denying access to committees & destroying evidence; Claiming 2 chlorine cylinders that were used in the #Douma chemical attack (April 7th 2018) got destroyed in an attack on a declared former CWPF inside a military facility.

3) The location where the Syrian regime claimed the cylinders were destroyed is 60km away from the original site where the cylinders were stored and inspected. The report also states that the regime moved the cylinders without notifying the org. despite the warning not to do so.

4) This deliberate tampering with evidence by the Assad regime is another attempt, since it captured #Douma in 2018, to hide evidence of its use of chemical weapons. It distorts & destroys evidence routinely. They arrest and intimidate any potential eyewitnesses from testifying.

5) We, White Helmets, call on the @OPCW & @UN Security Council to take quick and decisive steps toward holding the Assad regime accountable for its use of prohibited weapons. We, first responders to those chemical attacks, are aggrieved by this continual obstruction of justice.

6) The use of chemical weapons should be punished by the international community. So far there is no justice for the victims, their relatives, & our injured volunteers by such attacks. This presents no deterrence, in any form, for those who would use such weapons in the future.