Britain has fresh Syria chemical weapons evidence: Cameron
Source tells AFP that samples of cloth and soil from Syria tested positive for sarin gas.
Source says results were separate to those obtained by the United States, which has said it has proof of the use of sarin in last month's attack. PHOTO: FILE
LONDON:
Prime Minister David Cameron revealed on Thursday that Britain had further evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which a British source said confirmed the use of sarin.
"We have just been looking at some samples taken from Damascus in the Porton Down laboratory in Britain which further shows the use of chemical weapons in that Damascus suburb," Cameron told BBC TV from the G20 summit in St Petersburg.
A British source told AFP that a soil and cloth sample taken from the site of the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian capital "has tested positive for sarin".
The source said the results were separate to those obtained by the United States, which has said it has proof of the use of sarin in last month's attack.
Last week British lawmakers voted against taking military action against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which has been blamed for the attack.
The regime claims the rebels were responsible.
US government last week said that as many as 1400 people had been killed, including over 400 children in the August 21 attacks.
However, only United Nations inspectors have been allowed direct access to the sites of the chemical weapons attacks in Damascus. The team returned last week and have sent samples to laboratories for testing with results expected in three weeks times.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, in wake of US decision to take military action against Assad, subject to Congressional approval, urged all sides to wait for investigations to be completed.
Prime Minister David Cameron revealed on Thursday that Britain had further evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which a British source said confirmed the use of sarin.
"We have just been looking at some samples taken from Damascus in the Porton Down laboratory in Britain which further shows the use of chemical weapons in that Damascus suburb," Cameron told BBC TV from the G20 summit in St Petersburg.
A British source told AFP that a soil and cloth sample taken from the site of the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian capital "has tested positive for sarin".
The source said the results were separate to those obtained by the United States, which has said it has proof of the use of sarin in last month's attack.
Last week British lawmakers voted against taking military action against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which has been blamed for the attack.
The regime claims the rebels were responsible.
US government last week said that as many as 1400 people had been killed, including over 400 children in the August 21 attacks.
However, only United Nations inspectors have been allowed direct access to the sites of the chemical weapons attacks in Damascus. The team returned last week and have sent samples to laboratories for testing with results expected in three weeks times.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, in wake of US decision to take military action against Assad, subject to Congressional approval, urged all sides to wait for investigations to be completed.