BEIRUT: The Syrian government on Friday dismissed US charges that it used chemical weapons as “full of lies”, giving its first official response to the Obama administration’s decision to authorize sending weapons to Syrian rebels.
The United States is resorting to “cheap tactics” and fabrications to justify Obama’s decision to arm the rebels, a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry in Damascus said on Friday.
The US announced on Thursday it had conclusive evidence that President Bashar Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against opposition forces.
