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  • Turkey Seizes Sarin In Homes Of Anti-Syria Militants, Reports Say

    TURKEY SEIZES SARIN IN HOMES OF ANTI-SYRIA MILITANTS, REPORTS SAY

    Foreign-sponsored militants in Syria (file photo)

    http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/31/306366/turkey-seizes-sarin-near-syria-border/
    Fri May 31, 2013 7:10AM GMT

    On May 5, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria said
    it found testimony from victims and medical staff that showed
    foreign-backed militants had used sarin in Syria. The nerve agent has
    been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687.

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    down in terror quagmire' Turkish security forces have confiscated
    two kilograms of the nerve agent sarin after raiding the homes of
    militants from the terrorist al-Nusra Front fighting against Syria,
    Turkey's media report.

    Several Turkish newspapers reported on Thursday that two kilograms
    of sarin gas as well as heavy weapons were discovered during raids on
    the homes of 12 members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in
    Turkey's southern city of Adana, located some 150 kilometers (93 miles)
    from the border with Syria.

    The terrorists, who were allegedly planning a large attack in the
    city, were formally detained on the order of Adana's top court,
    Turkish media reported without clarifying their charges.

    Turkish authorities have not confirmed the media reports yet.

    Adana's governor Huseyin Avni Cos has denied the confiscation of sarin.

    The incident took place weeks after two car bomb attacks killed
    52 people and injured over a hundred others in the border town of
    Reyhanli in Turkey's southern province of Hatay on May 11. Turkish
    protesters blamed Ankara for the attacks due to its support for the
    armed groups inside Syria.

    On May 5, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria also
    said it found testimony from victims and medical staff that showed
    foreign-backed militants had used the nerve agent in Syria. Sarin has
    been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687.

    On March 19, over two dozen people were killed and many others injured
    when militants fired missiles containing a chemical substance into a
    village near the northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a report
    by Syria's official news agency SANA.

    The Syrian government says Ankara has been playing a key role in
    fueling the unrest in Syria by financing, training, and arming the
    militants since the turmoil erupted in March 2011.

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