By Jaime Ortega.
A few hours after U.S. President Barack Obama met with his security team to discuss the “military options” to the Syrian crisis, the Syrian government on Saturday warned the U.S. that attack his country will have “very dangerous consequences .”
“It will not be a picnic for anyone under any circumstances, because an attack would have serious repercussions and would be a ball of fire that will burn not only Syria but would burn the entire Middle East,” said the Syrian information minister, Omran to Zubi.
The debate about a possible Western military intervention in Syria has worsened after the rebels have accused the regime of a chemical weapons attack east of Damascus (supposedly perpetrated on Wednesday). A year ago, the U.S. president had assured that the use of chemical weapons was a “red line” for Washington.
In excerpts from an interview broadcast on Syrian state television, Omran to Zubi, found that U.S. pressure is a “waste of time”, and that the Syrian government “will continue its fight against terrorism [as the Assad government Syrian rebels regards] to the end.”
Chemical weapons
The alleged chemical weapons attack on Wednesday, was again denied by the Syrian regime this time more forcefully. Responding they have “Never” used “chemical weapons”, said the Minister of Bashar Assad.
“We have never used chemical weapons in Syria, in any form, liquid or gas,” said Syrian Information Minister, Omran to Zohbi, during the interview with the television channel Al Mayadeen, whose extracts have been broadcast on Syrian television.
“The Syrian army has no need to use chemical weapons because it has a high morale and making progress against terrorism,” he continued.
This Saturday, Doctors Without Borders confirmed, based on the medical information provided in three hospitals in Damascus that NGO-assisted the symptoms of those who have reported to match a “massive exposure to a nerve agent.”
This is the first independent confirmation of the attack, but doctors were unable NGO to note it on the ground and not venture solely on the responsibility for the attack.
UN Inspection
Precisely, this Saturday has come to Damascus a UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, with the aim of investigating the alleged chemical weapons attack that occurred on Wednesday around Damascus.
The rebels denounced on Wednesday the death of more than a thousand people in the alleged attack, occurred just as she reached the UN mission to study Syria on the use of these weapons.
Then, the Syrian regime issued a statement denying the use of chemical weapons and assured that the information is false and that the rebels only seek to divert the attention of the team of experts from the UN to visit the country.
Thus, Tehran has said on Saturday that the Syrian government “will cooperate with the UN mission and allow you to visit the areas where terrorist groups and takfiris [Sunni extremists] have carried out an attack with chemical weapons.” Damascus has accused the rebels of using chemical weapons against its troops, which the rebels have denied.
