Britain Sold Nerve Gas Chemicals To Syria 10 months Into The Uprising

Bodies of people said to have been killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region of Damascus Photo: Reuters

Revealed: Britain Sold Nerve Gas Chemicals To Syria 10 Months After War Began -- Daily Record

FURIOUS politicians have demanded Prime Minister David Cameron explain why chemical export licenses were granted to firms last January – 10 months after the Syrian uprising began.

BRITAIN allowed firms to sell chemicals to Syria capable of being used to make nerve gas, the Sunday Mail can reveal today.

Export licences for potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride were granted months after the bloody civil war in the Middle East began.

The chemical is capable of being used to make weapons such as sarin, thought to be the nerve gas used in the attack on a rebel-held Damascus suburb which killed nearly 1500 people, including 426 children, 10 days ago.

President Bashar Assad’s forces have been blamed for the attack, leading to calls for an armed response from the West.

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More News On Reports That Britain Sold Nerve Gas Chemicals To Syria 10 months Into The Uprising

Government allowed export of nerve gas chemicals to Syria -- The Telegraph
Ministers face questions over licensing of chemical exports to Syria -- The Guardian
Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria -- The Independent
Anger at Syria chemicals trade deal -- Belfast Telegraph

Update: 'Sarin chemicals' export claim rejected by UK -- BBC