(Zaman Al Wasl)- On the third anniversary of the chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun town in northern Idlib province and the second of its attack on Douma city, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said families of the victims are still waiting accountability.
Despite the highly credible investigations, which confirmed the occurrence of the Khan Sheikoun and Douma attacks, the Security Council has failed, so far, to take any active measures, including economic, political or military sanctions, to implement its relevant resolutions, the monitoring group said in legal report.
The Khan Sheikhoun attack that left 103 people dead was one of 217 chemical attacks carried out by regime forces in nine years, SNHR said.
The report provides statistics demonstrating that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons at least 217 times, including 33 attacks before Security Council Resolution 2118 and 184 attacks after it; among the latter 184 attacks, 115 attacks occurred after Resolution 2209, and 59 attacks after Resolution 2235, with all of these attacks resulted in the deaths of at least 1,510 individuals, including 205 children and 260 women.
Donald Trump administration at the time carried out airstrikes mostly targeting against Syrian airfields in a disciplinary act.
According to the CNN, the 59 U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles failed to deter Bashar al-Assad from continuing his campaign of brutality of course.
Last August, the regime forces entered the northwestern town, for the first time in five years, which is strategically located on a highway connecting the capital Damascus to Aleppo.
The military pilot who carried out the deadly Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack in April 2017 was appointed last February by Bashar al-Assad as the commander of the 70th Brigade that affiliated to the military T-4 airbase east of Homs province.
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Yousef Hasouri was the chief of staff and deputy commander of Shayrat airfield, also known as the 50th Brigade, in central Homs province from which the deadly chemical weapons attack had been launched.
Hasouri was the commander who took off with his Su-22 (Dubbed: Quds 1) and bombed Khan Sheikhoun with Sarin gas.
Commanders of the Syrian Air Force never had been so carefully selected as the appointments of last years show which include officers famed for their strong loyalty and most descended from pro-close circles of the Assad himself.
Zaman Al Wasl
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