Eldorado 57,482 #1 Posted October 15, 2018 After seven devastating years of civil war in Syria, which have left more than 350,000 people dead, President Bashar al-Assad appears close to victory against the forces trying to overthrow him. So how has Mr Assad got so close to winning this bloody, brutal war? A joint investigation by BBC Panorama and BBC Arabic shows for the first time the extent to which chemical weapons have been crucial to his war-winning strategy. Full report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45586903 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Red Devil 4,061 #2 Posted October 15, 2018 "We don't have a chemical arsenal since we gave it up in 2013" Assad denies. Someone is telling porky's. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
and then 47,167 #3 Posted October 16, 2018 Meanwhile, huge numbers of people in the west refuse to believe he could have done this. I guess truth really is the first casualty in war. If he ever tries using this stuff on Israel, he will get a true awakening to what consequences SHOULD be for such a horror. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Only_ 2,068 #4 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) BBC is biased against the Assad regime since the start of the civil war. As is the British government and the West. I do not believe their reporting on the topic to be accurate. I would not claim that Assad' forces have never used chemical weapons but some attacks happened in such a timely manner as to only provide an advantage to Assad's ennemies in the propaganda war and a 'justification' to launch airstrikes against the Syrian regime. Edited October 17, 2018 by Clockwork_Spirit 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
