Chemical weapons workshop discovered in Aleppo

ALEPPO, Syria (Kurdistan24) – On Saturday, a military source belonging to the Syrian Army said troops discovered a workshop in Aleppo purportedly used to create chemical weapons.

During their sweep of the eastern districts of the city, military personnel located large amounts of chemical weapons believed to be manufactured by the Jeish al-Fatah militant group.

According to the military source, the weapons were used to target civilian as well as army positions.

More specifically, the source said the militants used the poisonous weapons against Syrian troops in southwestern Aleppo.

“After carrying out laboratory tests on the samples, it became clear the materials used in the bombs were made from the US,” the military source revealed.

“We found several packages with UN 3082 labels,” the source added.

Samer Abbas, the Official Envoy of Syria for implementation of the agreement of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), provided documents to the committee proving insurgents used chemical weapons in Syria.

According to Abbas, the OPCW has to investigate the use of chemical weapons but “have not done anything in this regard” yet.

Moreover, Commander of Russia’s International Mine Action Center Ivan Gromov revealed the several US and German-made weapons were discovered during a mine clearing operation in eastern Aleppo.

“Ammunition and large-caliber arms together with rockets for Grad multiple launch pad systems have been found,” Gromov stated.

“The shells have been produced in Germany, the United States, and Bulgaria,” the Commander concluded.

Since the Syrian Army regained control of eastern Aleppo, government forces continue to clear the city of remnants from the civil war.

Editing by Ava Homa