US Blasts Russian Claim Denying Syrian Government's Use of Chemical Weapons

The U.S. on Tuesday sharply rejected Russian claims that the chemical gas sarin, which killed dozens of people in Syria last week, came from an airstrike on a rebel-held munitions depot rather than a deliberate attack by Syrian fighters on civilians. National security officials at a White House briefing accused Moscow, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, of "a very clear campaign to obfuscate the nature of the attack." They said the chemical weapons in the April 4...

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