Wessling Laboratory in Switzerland has revealed an abnormal presence of the white phosphorous on a sample of the skin of a Kurdish fighter, who was wounded in the Turkish attack on the town of Sere-Kaniye (Ras Al-Ain), north-eastern Syria.

Al-Nahar newspaper in a report published indicated that the Autonomous Administration of north-eastern Syria has presented the analyzes of the Swiss laboratory in Paris, confirming the Turkish military used phosphorous bombs in their military attack on north-eastern Syria, last October 2019.

The report concluded: “The type of injury (chemical burns), in addition to the very high amount of phosphorous in the sample, proves that phosphorous (white phosphorous munitions) was used,” according to al-Nahar newspaper.

The newspaper pointed out that doctor Abbas Mansouran, who treated the victims of the Turkish bombardment, confirmed that some of the unusual burns are due to the use of unconventional weapons.

Dr. Abbas also confirmed during a press conference in Paris, along with the spokesperson for the People’s Protection Units YPG, Nuri Mahmoud and the representative of the Autonomous Administration of north-eastern Syria, Khaled Issa, that “the injuries and symptoms that appeared on the victims, most of them were civilians, are consistent with exposure to chemical weapons.”

The Autonomous Administration of north-eastern Syria had accused Turkey of using internationally prohibited weapons such as napalm and white phosphorous in its military invasion in Ras al-Ain, the administration called for opening “an international and official investigation into these violations.”

The Autonomous Administration confirmed that Turkey targeted more than 30 unarmed civilians, including children, with these internationally prohibited weapons.

Dr. Jiwan Mustafa, the co-chair of the Health Authority in al-Jazira region, north-eastern Syria, had previously confirmed in a special statement to North-Press, that “all cases confirm that chemical weapons were used in the Turkish attack on Sere-Kaniye (Ras Al-Ain), specifically in the areas of Aliya and its silos on the 13th of last October, all injuries indicate that Turkey used the white phosphorous.”

Courtesy to North-Press Agency