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SYRIA’S government has accused Britain, the United States and Turkey of supplying chemical agents to insurgents after discoveries in Damascus and Aleppo.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad urged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to investigate the three countries over the allegations.
Mr Mikdad said the munitions found — tear-gas grenades — were made by two US companies and a British one.
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
