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Syria rejects report on alleged chemical attack as "politicized" by U.S., Western allies

STORY: Syria rejects report on alleged chemical attack as "politicized" by U.S., Western allies DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the venue 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MILAD ATIYEH, Syria's permanent representative to OPCW STORYLINE: Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "politicized" by the United States and its Western allies. The report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is used by the United States and its Western allies to justify their attack against Syria launched just days after the alleged chemical attack in the Douma suburb east of Damascus five years ago, Milad Atiyeh, Syria's permanent representative to OPCW, told a press conference in the Syrian capital. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MILAD ATIYEH, Syria's permanent representative to OPCW "On April 14, 2018, days after the alleged Douma

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHEMICAL ATTACK-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230202) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Milad Atiyeh, Syria's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 2, 2023. Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "politicized" by the United States and its Western allies. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHEMICAL ATTACK-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230202) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Milad Atiyeh, Syria's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 2, 2023. Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "politicized" by the United States and its Western allies. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Last of Syria's chemical weapons handed over: OPCW

HAGUE, Netherlands - Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, at a press conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 23, 2014, says the last of Syria's declared chemical weapons components have been removed from the country.

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Syria arms disposal

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Japanese Ambassador to the Netherlands Masaru Tsuji (L) and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Director General Ahmet Uzumcu shake hands at the OPCW headquarters in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Feb. 25, 2014. They exchanged documents on the Japanese government's offer of 1.4 billion yen (about $13.69 million) to a fund to cover the costs of chemical stockpile disposal, said to be the largest contribution to the fund so far.

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical arms watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Ichiro Akiyama, a former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer, is pictured after the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2013. Akiyama joined the ceremony as he served as the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the OPCW, created in 1997.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on Dec. 9, 2013, in Oslo, Norway, holds an invitation letter for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to be held in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks in an interview in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2013. Akiyama has been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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1st OPCW Inspectorate director

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in a group interview in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013.

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OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, holds a press conference in Oslo on Oct. 11, 2013, after the committee awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - File photo from September 2013 shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW on Oct. 11, 2013, "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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AUM sect's nerve gas site inspected

Chemical weapons experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Dec. 10 inspect the site, where the AUM Shinrikyo cult attempted to mass-produce sarin nerve gas, to verify the demolition of the facilities.

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AUM sect's nerve gas site inspected

Chemical weapons experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Dec. 10 inspect the site, where the AUM Shinrikyo cult attempted to mass-produce sarin nerve gas, to verify the demolition of the facilities.

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Iraq alleges Islamic State group's use of chlorine gas: OPCW chief

Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, says at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2015, that the OPCW was informed by Iraqi authorities that the Islamic State militant group used chlorine gas against Iraqi soldiers in northern Baghdad in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign Minister Kishida talks with OPCW director general

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ahmet Uzumcu, visiting director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, before their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OPCW HQ

Photo taken in November 2016 shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo