Konflikten i Syrien

OPCW menar att klorgas har använts i Saraqib i Norra Syrien (alltså inte i E Ghouta):

The FFM’s mandate is to determine whether chemical weapons or toxic chemicals as weapons have been used in Syria; it does not include identifying who is responsible for alleged attacks. Attribution was part of the mandate of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism, set up by the UN Security Council, which expired in December 2017.

The FFM determined that chlorine was released from cylinders by mechanical impact in the Al Talil neighbourhood of Saraqib.

The conclusions are based inter alia on the presence of two cylinders, which were determined as previously containing chlorine; witness testimony; environmental samples that demonstrated the unusual presence of chlorine in the local environment; and the number of patients at medical facilities shortly after the incident who showed signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine and other toxic chemicals.

https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/opcw-fact-finding-mission-confirms-likely-use-chlorine-saraqib-syria

Lite bakgrund:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/syria-witness-testimony-reveals-details-of-illegal-chemical-attack-on-saraqeb/

The European Union is planning to switch from US dollars to euros when paying for the oil supplies from Iran, a diplomatic source told Sputnik.
On Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that after talks with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Iran in Brussels that the sides had agreed to work out practical solutions in response to the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, within the next few weeks. In particular, the European Union and Iran would maintain and deepen economic ties, including in the area of oil and gas supplies.
Enligt Sputnik news

Det bästa som kunde hända om EU kan fullfölja planen och importera olja i euro från Iran, om Iran kan handla med EU blir sanktioner verkningslösa mot landet.
Det finns EU företag som redan gjort stora investeringar i Iran exempelvis Total har beslutat om en investering på 5 miljarder euro gällande gasutvinning.
Tyska företag vill på inget sätt förlora marknaden i Iran.
Innan 1979 och sanktioner var Sverige bland annat stor exportör av Scania lastbilar och bussar till Iran, som var mycket populära i landet.

Carla Ortiz är på plats i E Ghouta och rapporterar om Los Cascos Blancos. Intressanta lämningar har hon hittat. Mycket på spanska men en hel del på engelska också. Det kommer en uppmaning jag tycker alla ska lyssna till på slutet. Tyvärr än så länge bara på Facebook:

#Live #WhiteHelmets headquarters in #Saqba city in east #Ghouta with evidence
En vivo desde el centro de operaciones de los #CascosBlancos en Saqba gouta con pruebas!

https://www.facebook.com/CarlaOrtizOfficial/videos/2174523322565652/

Verkar som hela Rastan nu är i SAAs kontroll

SAA General Command statement following liberation of 1,200km sq (65 villages/towns) of the pocket in north Homs and south Hama countryside following evacuation of militants against reconciliation & return of state and security to the region.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/996710142841315329

Detta är mycket bra. Ett starkt Iran håller flyktingar borta från EU som gulfstaterna sponsrar. Trumps agerande är mycket bra och förhoppningsvis kommer Iran reformera sig och prästerna går upp i ånga.

Det är USA som försöker på kontroll på Syrien och Iran genom att knäcka landet med sanktioner.
Det som EU planerar att göra är att hålla sig till JCPAO avtalet och handla olja från Iran i euro, som gör att regionen blir stabilare och all anrikning av uran som kan användas för kärnvapen stoppas i Iran.
Om det iranska folket inte vill ha prästerna är det de som skall se till att de försvinner, men USA skall inte blanda sig i det.
Det bästa är att de här länderna i Mellan Östern får själva ta hand om sina naturresurser, och USA med de gamla kolonialländerna skall hålla sig utanför.
Om inte USA hade blandat sig i Mellan Östern skulle inte Europa haft det flyktingproblem som nu finns där.
Det är viktigt för EU att få fotfäste i Mellan Östern och Asien, därför den ekonomiska utvecklingen och efterfrågan kommer att ske i det området.
Ett mycket klokt beslut av EU att hålla sig till JCPAO avtalet som också Iran hoppades på, om inte nu Trump saboterar alltsammans.

Terroristerna i Daraa-provinsen i söder har fått ett sista ultimatum. De har 2 dygn på sig att ge upp.

http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13970226000582

Från OPCW-rapporten idag som säger att det är sannolikt att klorin har använts hittar jag det här än så länge. Håller på att läsa igenom men inget nytt direkt och som sagt detta gäller inte E Ghouta:

Deployment activities

4.8 The FFM held its first interview with respect to allegation in Saraqib on 14 February 2018. Interviews continued until 4 March 2018.

4.9 Environmental samples relating to the allegation of 4 February 2018 were collected by an NGO on 5 February 2018 and were received by the FFM team on 19 February 2018. The samples were prepared for transport and delivered to the OPCW Laboratory on 27 February 2018.

4.10 Information related to the samples is contained in Section 5 below and in Annex 3 to this report. At the time of handover, the NGO that delivered the samples to the FFM confirmed that it had collected those samples. Representatives of the NGO who were involved in the sample collection process were also interviewed. They provided photographs and videos from the site of the allegation, including the sampling process itself.

4.11 From the moment of their receipt by the team, all samples were handled in accordance with applicable OPCW procedures, including the application of seals by the FFM team. The samples were analysed by two OPCW designated laboratories, and the results are presented in Section 5 below.

https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/S_series/2018/en/s-1626-2018_e_.pdf

Edit:

Någon av dessa NGO:s är det som avses:

4.6 Through liaison with representatives of several NGOs, including Same Justice/Chemical Violations Documentation Center of Syria (CVDCS), the Syrian Civil Defence - also known as White Helmets - (SCD) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), the FFM contacted witnesses and confirmed their willingness to provide testimony and potential evidence. Furthermore, the FFM coordinated with the NGOs to organise movement of the witnesses.

(Ibid)

Sammanfattning av rapporten:

7. CONCLUSIONS

7.1 As with other allegations investigated by the FFM, the team was not able to visit a secured site immediately after the alleged incident. The potential for access was made more difficult as the area was predominantly a military area with ongoing conflict prior to the alleged incident, through to the time at which this report was being drafted. The team therefore relied on the testimony of interviewees, samples as made available by the interviewees, and limited hospital records.

7.2 The FFM had limited access to associated medical records and was unable to visit hospitals that may have admitted patients. Interviewees gave a consistent narrative of the incident, the reported medical signs and symptoms, and the way samples were collected. The FFM was able to place witnesses at the site at the time and correlate their medical assessment. Based on these factors, the FFM determined that 11 people displayed medical signs and symptoms associated with exposure to a chemical that primarily irritates tissue such as eyes, nose, throat, and lungs.

7.3 Through interviews and review of video evidence supplied at interview, the FFM was able to determine that environmental samples, including cylinders, were retrieved from the site of the allegation.

7.4 The FFM determined that chlorine, released from cylinders through mechanical impact, was likely used as a chemical weapon on 4 February 2018 in the Al Talil neighbourhood of Saraqib. This conclusion is based on:
(a) the presence of two cylinders, which were determined by the FFM as previously containing chlorine; (b) the testimony of witnesses, who identified the cylinders as impacting the location on 4 February 2018; (c) environmental analyses, demonstrating the unusual presence of chlorine in the local environment; and (d) a number of patients who presented for treatment at medical facilities shortly after the incident, and showed signs and symptoms of irritation of tissue, which were consistent with exposure to chlorine and other toxic chemicals.

7.5 The FFM also noted the presence of chemicals that can neither be explained as occurring naturally in the environment nor as being related to chlorine. Furthermore, some of the medical signs and symptoms reported were different to those that would be expected from exposure to pure chlorine. There was insufficient information and evidence to enable the FFM to draw any further conclusions on these chemicals at this stage.

(Ibid)

Lägger till detta:

1.5 The FFM also noted the presence of chemicals that can neither be explained as occurring naturally in the environment nor as being related to chlorine. Furthermore, some of the medical signs and symptoms reported were different to those that would be expected from exposure to pure chlorine. There was insufficient information and evidence to enable the FFM to draw any further conclusions on these chemicals at this stage.

/…/

5.30 The FFM attributed the difference between testimony and records as a lapse of memory with respect to detail and assigned greater credibility to the documented numbers. These are the numbers indicated in Figure 7 below.

/…/

5.36 No biomedical samples were taken.

(Ibid)

Regeringsstyrkorna har nu full kontroll över centrala Syrien. Stor betydelse!

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/05/16/561925/Syria-government-forces-militants-evacuate

För lång sammanfattning, kan du göra det kortfattat, är du snäll.

Är det den attacken där Ryssland/Syrien sa att de eventuellt hade bombat ett kemvapenlager eller vilken var detta?