Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence

Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence

MOSCOW (AP) - Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by the rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says. The Aug. 21 attack precipitated the current high tensions over Syria’s chemical weapons and sparked a plan under which Syria is to abandon the weapons. A report by U.N. investigators confirmed that chemical weapons were used Aug. 21 but did not say by which side in Syria’s civil war.