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Sarin traces found in Syria chemical attack victims' blood

( The Guardian )- Traces of sarin gas have been detected in blood and urine samples from victims wounded in the town of Khan Sheikhun in Syria, giving “concrete evidence” of its use in the attack, Turkey’s health minister has said. Doctors and aid workers who had examined the...

Iran warns US action in Syria 'won't go unanswered'

Any new US action in Syria "will not go unanswered", Iran's Defense Minister Hossein Dehgan warned Tuesday after America threatened to follow up a strike last week with more attacks. The United States last week fired a volley of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in response to an alleged...

Iraq's Sadr warns Assad could share Gadhafi's fate

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi if he did not step down. The maverick cleric had last week condemned the suspected deadly use of chemical weapons by Assad's forces against...

Syrian regime still has chemical weapons, confirms Turkey

( The New Arab )- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that Ankara's findings showed the Syrian government still possessed chemical weapons capacity and urged for measures to prevent its potential usage. Speaking to state-run broadcaster TRT Haber in Italy, Cavusoglu...