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June 5, 2013

Pro-Assad Forces Re-Take Qusair From Syrian Rebels 
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Pro-government forces in Syria have seized the key border town of Qusair
after a year of rebel control. Qusair has seen intense clashes over the
past two weeks as fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah
joined forces aligned with Syrian president President Bashar al-Assad.
Meanwhile, France is claiming tests on chemical samples taken from Syria
prove the deadly nerve agent sarin gas has been used several times
during the country's more than two-year conflict. But France did not
give any details of where or by whom the poison gas was used. At a NATO
summit in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen advised
caution on France's claim.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "As a matter of principle,
we never comment on intelligence reports. But needless to say, that if
chemical weapons have been used we strongly condemn such acts whoever
might have used them. There's so far not much clarity about detailed
circumstances."

 

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