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Syrian foreign minister vows accountability for perpetrators of 2017 chemical attack on Idlib

On April 4, 2017, deposed regime forces targeted Khan Sheikhoun district of Idlib province with chemical weapons, killing about 100 people, most of them children

Laith Al-Jnaidi and Ahmed Asmar  | 04.04.2025 - Update : 04.04.2025
Syrian foreign minister vows accountability for perpetrators of 2017 chemical attack on Idlib

ISTANBUL

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani on Friday pledged to hold accountable those responsible for the deadly chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province in northwestern Syria, carried out by the deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad on April 4, 2017, which killed nearly 100 people, mostly children.

"On the anniversary of the chemical weapons attack by the defunct Assad regime on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, which claimed dozens of martyrs, we pledge to continue working to achieve justice and hold accountable those responsible for this heinous crime," Al-Shaibani said on his X account.

The foreign minister affirmed that "the new Syria will be a safe homeland for all Syrians based on the foundations of freedom, dignity, and justice."

On April 4, 2017, the deposed regime forces targeted the town with chemical weapons, killing about 100 people, most of them children. The Khan Sheikhoun massacre is considered a war crime under international law.

Bashar Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party’s regime, which had been in power since 1963.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led anti-regime forces to oust Assad, was declared president for a transitional period on Jan. 29.

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