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Feb 5

1/5- 5 years since the chemical attack by the Assad regime on #Saraqib, #Idlib. On February 4, 2018, helicopters dropped 2 cylinders loaded with toxic chlorine gas on a neighborhood of the city, injuring several people including #WhiteHelmets volunteers during initial response.

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2/5- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons @OPCW has confirmed the Assad regime's responsibility for the attack through its Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) report from April 12, 2021.

3/5- The organization's Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) confirmed in its report issued on May 15, 2018 that chlorine gas was used in the attack on Saraqib based on evidence, samples, & testimonies of the injured and first responders to the incident, including #WhiteHelmets volunteers.

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@SyriaCivilDef

Oct 6, 2022

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1/5- 9 years after the Assad regime's accession in the Chemical Weapons Convention, it continues to obstruct the work of the @OPCW with gaps/contradictions that inhibit the declaration of the program as accurate and complete according to the monthly report of the Director-General

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2/5- The Assad regime continues to practice systematic disinformation with the support of its Russian ally to disrupt the work of @OPCW, mislead public opinion and prevent the course of justice, but they failed to change the facts established on the ground and in reports issued

3/5- We thank the efforts of the OPCW, and the countries that demanded the Assad regime to abide by the provisions of the Convention and to stop violations in accordance with Resolution 2118 of the SC, which also called to hold the perpetrators of chemical attacks accountable.

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The White Helmets

@SyriaCivilDef

Mar 24, 2022

On this day five years ago, the Assad regime launched an aerial chemical attack on #Altaminah city, north of #Hama, followed by two other chemical attacks on the 25th and 30th of March.
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The OPCW's Identification Team concluded in its Final Report issued on April 8, 2020, that regime forces used gas multiple times when attacking Altaminah city. The attacks on the 24th, 25th, and 30th of March 2017 were carried out by Assad's regime forces, acc to the report.

The report explained the strategic nature of those three attacks, stating that these attacks were launched by orders of the highest-ranking Syrian regime forces.

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The White Helmets

@SyriaCivilDef

Jan 7, 2022

The Syrian regime continues to obstruct OPCW's work.
Syrian regime's declaration of its chemical weapons program cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies, and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told Security Council.

According to Ms. Nakamitsu, the Syrian regime has submitted 17 amendments and several supplements to its initial declaration. So far, 20 of the 24 outstanding issues remain unresolved.

Hundreds of innocent people were killed silently and without blood, the majority were children by the deadly chemical attacks of the Assad's regime (according to reports of UN Commissions of Inquiry).

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The White Helmets

@SyriaCivilDef

Jul 25, 2021

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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.

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The White Helmets

@SyriaCivilDef

Dec 18, 2020

"December 17, 2019, is a day engraved in my soul because I lost everything most precious in the world to me." I am Anwar Hamidi, and this is my story in which I lost my three daughters and my wife to an attack by the regime forces on our house in #Bdama in #Idlib.

"I have been a search and rescue volunteer with the #WhiteHelmets since 2014. I have saved many, many people for the love of humanity. I never imagined I could not save my own children and wife, pieces of my heart and soul."

Tasneem was 9 years old, she was the eldest, in which I saw a responsible young lady. Raneem, our middle daughter, was 6 years old - she was the smart and kind one, and our baby Haneen, only 4 years old, who was so loved and spoiled.

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