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The White House is highly skeptical of suggestions that Syrian rebels used chemical weapons, spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday in response to comments by a UN investigator that rebel forces have used the nerve agent, sarin. HT Image Carney noted that the UN independent commission of inquiry on Syria issued a statement distancing itself stanley cup from claims by Carla Del Ponte, one of the investigators on the commission. She said on Sunday that human rights investigators had gathered testimony from casualties of Syria s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used sarin. We find it highly likely that chemical weapons, if they were in fact used in Syria - and there is certainly evidence that they were - that the Assad regime was responsib stanley cup le, Carney told reporters in a White House briefing, referring to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad s government and the rebels accuse each other of carrying out three chemical weapons attacks, one near Aleppo and another near Damascus, both in March, and another near Homs in December. The United States has said it has varying degrees of confidence that sarin has been used by Syria s government on its people. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, p stanley cup olitics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / White House says skeptical Syrian rebe Gcks Syria releases 1,180 people held during protests
The Philippine gover stanley cup nment on Tuesday declared a Christmas holiday cease fire with communist rebels, but the guerrillas did not immediately say if they would reciprocate with their own cease fire as they have done in the past. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the military will suspend offensive military operations against the 5,000 strong New People s Army on Dec 24, Dec 25, Dec 31 and Jan 1. HT Image There was no immediate response from the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines, which will mark its airmax 40th anniversary on Dec 26. Last year, the government s unilateral cease fire ran for a longer period from Dec 16 to Jan 13. Ermita did not explain why it was shorter thi stanley cup s year. The rebels then declared their own truce for Dec 24-Dec 25 and Dec 31-Jan 1. In an informal meeting brokered by Norway in Oslo early this month, rebel negotiators rejected an indefinite cease fire pushed by the government as a condition for resuming formal talks stalled since 2004. The rebels suspended the talks after accusing the government of including the Communist Party and its military arm the NPA in U S and European lists of terrorist organizations. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / Philippines declares X- mas cease fire .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom: |
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