Syrian activists rebut Russian claims about sarin

July 10, 2013 22:31

Syrian activists have struck back at Russian allegations that rebels made and used sarin gas in a chemical weapons attack outside of Aleppo in March, calling the claims "false and clearly fabricated."

"Russia is trying to pin the crimes of the regime on the rebels," said Hozan Ibrahim, a Syrian activist based in Berlin. "The regime has the fourth-biggest chemical arsenal in the world. How would the rebels even get such gas?"

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