Chemical Warfare in Syria - Both factions deploying Chlorine and Mustard Gas - Polidicks

[quote](CNN) - Two chemical gas attacks have been reported in northern Syria, one in the region where a Russian helicopter was downed a day earlier, killing all five people on board. In the first alleged attack, cylinders suspected of containing chlorine gas were dropped in residential areas in the city of Saraqeb in Idlib province, the anti-regime, voluntary search-and-rescue group Idlib Civil Defence said in a post on its Facebook page. Russia, Syria's key military backer, has vehemently denied that a chemical attack took place. In a news release carried by Russian and Syrian state news agencies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the claims of chlorine usage were fabricated by the media. The United States is not ready to officially call the incident in Saraqeb a chemical attack, but there is growing confidence that is what happened, a senior U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday evening. U.S. officials think chlorine was likely used, the source said. Evidence points to the Assad regime because the attack came from the sky and the opposition doesn't have any aircraft, the source added. [/quote] [url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/middleeast/syria-aleppo/index.html]CNN[/url] This is getting worse as time goes on. Eastern Aleppo has been cutoff from the main rebel factions, and as such, most rebel groups are starting to use explosives under ground to destroy mass-swathes of areas without care of how many civilians are in those areas. At the same time, the Russian Airforce has been helping break several offensives by the FSA via the use of clusterbombs all around Aleppo. On top of all of this, the rebels are starting to mass-produce chemicals for use with their Hell Cannons. Thus far it's been reported roughly ten or so chemical attacks have occurred in Aleppo since the start of the rebel offensive. Other chemical attacks by the government have been done near the town where rebels downed a Russian helicopter, so as you'd imagine... Shit is getting intense.

It's 2011 all over again.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;50819196]It's 2011 all over again.[/QUOTE] And that was basically 1916 all over again.

[QUOTE=Govna;50819219]And that was basically 1916 all over again.[/QUOTE] that seems a bit hyperbole... chemical weapons were used on a massive scale never seen since in WWI.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;50819174][URL="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/middleeast/syria-aleppo/index.html"]CNN[/URL] most rebel groups are starting to use explosives under ground to destroy mass-swathes of areas without care of how many civilians are in those areas.[/QUOTE] Areas where tunnel bombs are used are devoid ghost towns/sections 95% of the time. Tunnel bombs are also rather pin point. I say rather, not precise. The bigger worry is the falling debris from the huge plume. [quote]On top of all of this, the rebels are starting to mass-produce chemicals for use with their Hell Cannons.[/quote] I've never seen or heard evidence of this.

[QUOTE=Aman;50819227]Areas where tunnel bombs are used are devoid ghost towns/sections 95% of the time. Tunnel bombs are also rather pin point. I say rather, not precise. The bigger worry is the falling debris from the huge plume. I've never seen or heard evidence of this.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/04/isil-manufacturing-its-own-chemical-weapons-warns-watchdog-chief/"]Several OPCW watchdogs have been saying since May that ISIS has an active chemical weapon division[/URL], its suspected that they are preparing it for sleeper cells or waiting for the attacks on Mosul to start before they begin deploying it.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;50819271][URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/04/isil-manufacturing-its-own-chemical-weapons-warns-watchdog-chief/"]Several OPCW watchdogs have been saying since May that ISIS has an active chemical weapon division[/URL], its suspected that they are preparing it for sleeper cells or waiting for the attacks on Mosul to start before they begin deploying it.[/QUOTE] Ah, thought you were referring to other Syrian rebels.

[QUOTE=Aman;50819348]Ah, thought you were referring to other Syrian rebels.[/QUOTE] Groups that are linked to Al Quaeda, or rather were, also have access to chemical weapons. I wouldn't be surprised if some rebel groups are ceasing supplies from the government or ISIS tbh.

This is what happens when you let a civil war become a proxy war and then stagnate for years.