Syrian regime behind 'massive use of chemical agents', France claims

The French government has alleged there was a “massive use of chemical agents” by the Syrian regime in last month’s attack – and warned of other strikes of a similar nature in the future.

The government published a nine-page synopsis today from the French intelligence service about Syria’s chemical weapons programme that found that at least 281 deaths could be attributed to the attack in areas outside Damascus. The analysis based that count in part from dozens of videos culled by French intelligence services.