The Guardian view on Assad’s use of chemical weapons: our silence is shaming | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian
"The virtual silence of the international community in the face of a
blatant breach of UN-backed, globally recognised conventional law merely
underlines the powerlessness of the rest of the world and the sense of
impunity with which the regime is operating."
what medics described as gas cannisters, believed to contain chlorine,
were dropped alongside barrel bombs on the city on 11 August.
Photograph: Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters
