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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: “The findings are beyond doubt and beyond the pale. This is a war crime and a grave violation of the 1925 protocol and other rules of international law.

It is the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them in Halabja in 1988 — and the worst use of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century.

The international community has a responsibility to ensure that chemical weapons never re-emerge as an instrument of warfare.”