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Syria: Britain and US ‘supplied chemical arms to rebels’
Damascus calls for international probe after banned tear-gas grenades found

SYRIA’S government has accused Britain, the United States and Turkey of supplying chemical agents to insurgents after discoveries in Damascus and Aleppo.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad urged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to investigate the three countries over the allegations.

Mr Mikdad said the munitions found — tear-gas grenades — were made by two US companies and a British one.

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