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Toxic weapons used in Aleppo made by Jordan-based company: monitor


Reporting by Ethar Abdulhaq

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Institute for Justice published on Monday a photo of what it said to be remains of ammunition carrying poisonous material in which warplanes struck Aleppo neighborhoods on Sunday.

The institute said, “regime warplanes targeted Aleppo city neighborhoods on Sunday with explosive barrels containing toxic gases where a dropped barrel killed 6 people from one family including a woman and 4 children in al-Sakhour neighborhood.”

The institute continued that, “also, al-Bab road was targeted with explosive barrel injuring scores and one of the institute staff was injured due to inhaling of the toxic gas released by the bombing.”

The Syrian Institute for Justice attached to its statements photos of remains of one of the weapons containing the toxic material.

On one of the weapons “BCC” abbreviation appeared with a phrase of al-Baha Company for Soda products and it’s a name of a Jordanian company as Zaman al-Wasl reviewed the official website of the company.

The company introduces itself as, “we are the company of al-Baha for producing Chlorine soda, a manufacturer of chemical material based in Jordan free zone registered in the Free zone Jordanian area under number (474). The factory was established in 2005 and commercial production started in 2008.”

Al-Baha Company produces caustic soda, liquid Chlorine gas, Hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite.

The company says one of its objective is to “cover the increasing demand for basic chemicals used to treat water, hygiene products, Petrochemicals and other uses in markets of Iraq, Jordan and neighboring countries.”

The company’s annual capacity of caustic soda strips is around 16000 and 500 tons and of caustic soda liquid around 30000 and 700 tons and of soda liquid more than 72000 ton and chlorine around 20000 and 500 ton.

It is not known how the chlorine material arrived form al-Baha Company to the regime and if the company knew if Bashar Assad regime was using its products to bomb and kill Syrians.

Zaman al-Wasl has sent an email to the manager of al-Baha Company to inquire about the circumstances of arrival of weapons carrying the company’s name to Assad regime. Zaman al-Wasl is still waiting the response of the company and will publish it as soon as sit is sent.

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