Syria denies possessing chemical arms, says use 'unacceptable'


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Damascus: The Syrian government on Wednesday denied it possessed chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms "immoral and unacceptable".

The denial from Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad came a day after France's President Emmanuel Macron warned his country would launch strikes if proof emerged that the Syrian regime had used banned chemical weapons against its civilians.

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