Has Assad crossed ‘red line’? Graphic video footage emerges claiming to show victims of nerve gas attack in Syria, but doubts cast on evidence of use of chemical weapons

According to experts the presented evidence does not ad up. From a strategic point of view the very limited use of sarin gas is also ludicrous.
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Death knell for nerve agent pesticides in move to save bees

Regulators have finally moved against nerve-agent insecticides blamed for a worldwide decline in bee populations, as the European Food Safety Authority stated for the first time that neonicotinoid use was acceptable, only…on crops not attractive to honey bees and that the chemicals pose “a number of risks” to bee health.
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Exclusive: Secret Turkish nerve center leads aid to Syria rebels.

It took Reuters months to come up with something I knew for a long time. Adana is home to Incirlik, a large Turkish/U.S. air force base which Washington has used in the past for reconnaissance and military logistics operations. It was not clear from the sources whether the anti-Syrian “nerve centre” was located inside Incirlik base or in the city of Adana.
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