s a popular resistance one at the embassy protect. the building for believe it's $37.00 days now that they were in fact the building and arresting them adrian hines was also inside the building put out a tweet saying they are breaking down the door nobody was on this even at the time no other activists. and by the time reaper bribe them here now you can see and i'll show you a little background here that the building and the entire fairly. so that we don't have any idea. if they're still in fact carrying out the arrest is why they're being hauled out the back that we do have people around the back haven't seen anything yet either or if our friends are in fact already now in police custody at a police station we plan on staying here at the building to see what's happening and while we wait to hear word from our friends all of their phones are now not working that we have still some capacity at least. that they are fully under cover police custody and that we plan on being here as well to make sure that none of the pro quo i don't know

here outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. were earlier today police broke into the building and they arrested the 4 remaining activists who are still inside now points enter the building around 930 this morning but it was an intel about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice line president nicolas maduro despite the fact that the united states has recognized opposition leader one quite as the country's interim president now on monday we saw that police. didn't notice on the door of the building and they said that any of the activists who were still inside would be arrested and charged with trespassing that's when the majority of the activists did leave but those 4 remain and it wasn't until today that they were officially arrested now so far they have been charged with interfering with a protective ord

downside of the venezuelan embassy in georgetown washington d.c. now as you can see and here behind me the secret service have now entered the building as of this morning the federal authorities posted a notice on the front door saying that anyone inside the embassy was trespassing and that they recognize the u.s. government record. the government of the mr one why don't our opposition leader from venezuela as the president so they posted the trespassing notice and recognize the opposition leader as the president like they've been doing and the opposition's ambassadors of so-called ambassador said that anyone who refuses to comply with this order would be arrested now according to the embassy protection collective via their post on social media from earlier today they are all out of this and busy as of today and just for background basically the u.s. state department on april 24th said that anyone who is representing the government of nicolas maduro who are made in this embassy would be trespassing but something interesting of course as you know ha

embassy the u.s. government is talking to this switzerland about being the protectorate in caracas so we want them to work out a diplomatic agreement and so we feel we're there just as the placeholders intil that agreement can be worked out where both of those embassies are preserved and hopefully that kind of agreement could allow this administration to walk back a little bit its untenable position recognize things somebody why do who has no power in venezuela who couldn't run an embassy a meeting couldn't issue one passport one visa anything and maybe also to rethink these crippling sanctions that are heard in hurting ordinary venezuelan people whether they are pro or anti mind reports one of the things that that sort of come up to is in watching a lot of the coverage in the videos around that is at least i noticed in the video we noticed that there were a lot of secret service people there. and they were allowing those supporters to either. physically get in contact with other supporters they allow

-- protect this embassy. we are here and we are still resisting. amy: and the latest on sudan where mass protests continue calling for civilian rule following last month's military coup. >> the old regime has not fallen yet, therefore we are staying. you have seen with your own eyes the oppression that happened. we have escalated because we rejected thehe decisions by the transitional military council. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. alabama's legislature has just passed the mosost restrictive abortion ban in the country. the law effectively bans all abortions. doctorss c could face life in prison for performing the procedure. the law does not make exceptions for rape or in says. the only exception lawmakers voted for is cases in which the pregnant person's health is at serious risk. the bill, which was already approved in the house last month, now heads to the desk of the republican anti-choice governor kay ivey. she h

if indeed the wedo representatives are allowed to go into that embassy now. and i can speak now live to serve as who's head of the international action center and she's also a coordinator of the no war on venezuela campaign welcome to r.t. sara we heard the claims from these on to war activists that some of the numbers have been the rest is if that is true to what extent would it be illegal. well it's completely illegal under international law and even under our washington d.c. law because the embassy protectors were there in full agreement of the venezuelan government and this is a violation of the. vienna convention article $22.00 it's very explosive in international law how an embassy or sovereign territory of a country that it represents how relations are conduct so it's really an invasion into iran as well on territory it is a very dangerous legal precedent it's completely international wallace innes and was done in a very calculated way after almost 40 days of the embassy. being in the building at the invitation of the venezuelan government simply there

police raid on its embassy in washington d.c. a violation of international rule remaining activists in the compound saying they are trying to prevent an illegal takeover also becoming human rights activists in spain project the french flag on a saturday she was prevented by protesters from collecting weapons from french paul and later on tuesday russia and america's top diplomats will hold talks on the iran nuclear deal it's a collaborative found front. on what the u.s. intends to do to resolve the crisis he says washington created by pulling out of the agreement. hello they're just going to talk here in moscow you watching international event is while in government has condemned police raid on its embassy in washington d.c. as a violation of international law offices try to expel activists who claim they are defending the mission from illegal seize you michel greenstein reports from the city. now as you can see and here behind me the secret service have now entered the building looks like no one is coming out of the embassy right now but on both sides we have protesters very loudly ei

embassy in baghdad and the u.s. consulate in erbil once again under the auspices of some vague new threat from iran threats so bay that not even the top soldiers on the ground in iraq are apparently aware of it yes in a rare break from the new official party line major general chris gaika the deputy commander of operation inherent resolve you know the u.s. led coalition against isis he told reporters the following and there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq considering.

so the embassy was finally liber. added medea benjamin from the peace group code pink claims the rest are in violation of international law. we got an urgent call from the people inside at 915 this morning that the police had broken down the door and that they were going to be arrested we denounce this is a violation of the vienna convention speakers the group has been there with the permission of the venezuelan government i was just at the u.n. yesterday with the ambassador to the u.n. who was calling on the u.s. to sign a predicting power green mincha with venezuela so that both the embassy in washington d.c. and the u.s. embassy in caracas would be protected the venezuelan government has said it is not given permission for the opposition representatives to enter the building and there is still time to negotiate a solution that would be of mutual agreement to both these governments but it will be a tremendous step towards greater conflict with the u.s. if indeed the representatives are allowed to go into that embass

door behind them and those 4 embassy protectors are still there so there could be an embassy protection agreement between venezuela's government and a friendly country which would allow that country to move in as a custodian for the embassy and allow switzerland to take over the u.s. embassy in caracas and this would mean a deescalation of the conflict and the possible nail in the coffin to for go i go i don't know if that's going to take place i know there are negotiations underway but it's very telling that the embassy protectors were allowed to stay inside for the federal authorities to enter venezuelans embassy is a violation of the vienna convention zour article $22.00 and it is it could be considered an act of war. at least 5 protesters and a police officer have reportedly been killed and the sudanese capital when an unidentified gunman opened fire it comes amid an ongoing sit in protests outside the country's military headquarters in raleigh followed the removal last month of president omar al bashir the protesters are demanding those who took power by force step down and create

right to still cameras inside the embassy in order to safeguard the political leslie and the embassy staff high but with the change of government that same equipment became basically spying tool against julian assange and you suspect lenin merino is under pressure because of the i.m.f. and the cia base in monterrey absolutely absolutely i think there's a combination of two elements for this edition of the book in the asylum the international pressure coming from the united states the new foreign policy of ecuador is not sovereign anymore it's completely sold out to the to the united states. was noted when when he actually allowed foreign countries policeman into the embassy absolutely absolutely and before that there was. there was not much coverage about that but in january this year. the u.s. prosecutors. in. something like fifteen diplomats. in london in the embassy in london not exactly in the embassy but in the commercial office which is part of the diplomatic mission. regarding julian assange who was supposed to be protected by acquittal so that shows you the kind of obvious al

before handing protest says an eviction notice and police posted one to the embassies. state the u.s. recognizes why days ambassador is as official friends why the representatives and the activists must leave the embassy investigative journalist my experimental things the u.s. authorities have been overly aggressive. well there are 4 embassy protectors still inside they refused to leave after 3 others left today a notice was placed on the door written in verdad font signed by no one which claimed that one carlos vecchio were the legitimate representatives of the venezuelan embassy but it wasn't clear this was posted by any federal authorities secret service entered the embassy everyone thought they were going to arrest those inside and instead they left closed the door behind them and those 4 embassy protectors are still there so there could be an embassy protection agreement between venezuela's government and a friendly country which would allow that country to move in as a custodian for the embassy and allow switzerland to take over the u.s. embassy in caracas and thi

police raid on its embassy in washington d.c. a violation of international law remaining activists in the compound say they are trying to prevent an illegal takeover and a u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's interventions in the affairs of other countries. as a coup guy plus. he founded by protests in various european ports fighting to take up an arms delivery that activists say could be used to kill civilians in. the morning just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international the u.s. president donald trump has issued another warning to iran warning it of serious consequences if it restarts its nuclear program. we'll see what happens 9 with iran if they do anything it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything they will suffer greatly we'll see what happens with the us. when it does come amid media reports claiming the trump of ministration has drawn up plans to send 120000 troops to the middle east in case iran attacks american forces or starts working on nuclear weapons in

in london in the embassy in london not exactly in the embassy but in the commercial office which is part of the diplomatic mission. regarding julian assange who was supposed to be protected by acquittal so that shows you the kind of. their cooperation between the court and they called it in government with the americans in order to hand over julian i saw your replacement in london on the show the your former media partners the guardian which is arguably more exercised about rape cases as channel four news just tell me about the reader information request that the italian journalists have on your marriage. revealed to us versus c.p.s. she had received three or four investigations which according to a freedom of information request to. the crown prosecution service in the u.k. and the prosecuting authority in sweden was able to put together a correspondence between the two in that we found that paul close was. instead of acting as the c.p.s. should have which is why the british crown prosecution service this is at the time the killer strom of the shuttle director secretary instead of them

police arrest for antiwar activists in the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. following a month long sit in protest against the u.s. support for the opposition leader. united states ramps up pressure on iran senator bernie sanders accuses donald trump's national security adviser trying to lead america into a war with iran just as happened with the right. also the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada failed to meet the deadline to take back tons of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. thanks for joining us this evening you're watching international. police have arrested 4 protesters who have been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policy by this way followed warnings from the authorities who said they were trespassing america correspondent rachel blood has more from washington. please enter the building around 930 this morning but it wasn't until about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have b

embassy's back door just behind me where the police truck is and on the front door where students will assign just supporters all gathered as well as a handful of of the media who are waiting but at the moment no sign as yet now julian assange himself obviously isn't here but his things are still thought to be up until today busy inside the embassy his legal team of said that they haven't had any access to a songes personal belongings not ever since julian assange was dragged out of here against his will when the relationship between him and the ecuadorian authorities deteriorated and his asylum was revoked and the ecuadorians invited british police inside the embassy to arrest. and today it was expected that 2 ecuadorian officials are presumably policeman from quito was supposed to come into the embassy in order to remove the songes things and hand them over to u.s. prosecutors now computers and hard drives probably being the most important items that they're going to be looking for but wiki leaks has said that. truck going past is moving aside. wiki leaks has said that neither songes

the russian embassy in washington says the u.s. intelligence may have states they provocation this is after russian games design it was detained on suspicion of trying to export u.s. fighter jet manuals like teaching to faces up to 10 years behind bars for allegedly smuggling arms documents and plotting against the u.s. government daniel hoare contends the story. conspiracy to smuggle classified documents an undercover sting operation at a trail leading to russia. for a classic james bond movie but for a leg to shouldn't go it's playing out in real life not on the silver screen with no hint of glamour the russian citizen is set to go on trial in august in the united states the charges are serious conspiring against the us smuggling and violating almost export control laws and you know despite decades of stereotypes about russians is the titian co isn't a secret agent or a spy many would label him a computer nerd a guy whose passion and job was developing airplane flight simulators like this one . according to the manuals he wanted

protesters have spent more than a month at the embassy u.s. ordered diplomats serving nicolas maduro to leave the sizes that recognizes opposition leader. has been this way this is just president days before the police raid the authorities cut the water to see the full handing protestors and eviction notice in person police did post one on the embassy doors stated that the u.s. recognizes why those people as venezuela's representatives and that the activists must leave investigative journalist max blumenthal thinks the u.s. authorities being overly aggressive. well there are 4 embassy protectors still inside they refused to leave after 3 others left today a notice was placed on the door written in verdad font signed by no one which claimed that one carlos vecchio were the legitimate representatives of the venezuelan embassy but it wasn't clear this was posted by any federal authorities secret service entered the embassy everyone thought they were going to arrest those inside and instead they left closed the door behind them and those 4 embassy

but as well britain's a us police raid on its former embassy in washington d.c. is a violation of international law activists in the compound saying they are trying to prevent an illegal takeover and u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's interventions and other countries by some as a coup guide. and a saudi arabian ship is hunted by protests the european courts failing to pick up an arms to liberty that activists say could be used to kill civilians in yemen. you're watching or to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. with fears being expressed by european leaders that america and iran are on the verge of war the us secretary of state my palm pilot is right now meeting his russian counterpart sergey lavrov in the black sea resort city of sochi tensions over the disintegrating 2015 iran nuclear deal well top of the agenda live now to sochi and more on causative rod can these talks help avert a potential disaster. well they could go to wait for the conclusion but

embassy in washington, d.c.? well, we have -- we broke relations with the united states on january 23. and then out of the process of that, we have our diplomatic staff has left the embassy. however, it is venezuelan property and we have allowed, as our guests, a collective of social movements that have used the space to meet and to speak about different issues of further concern. and they themselves wanted to also make a statement that -- against intervention in venezuela and against the violation of international law because if you recall, a few weeks ago there was a forceful entry into the consulate of venezuela in new york and into other buildings that are owned by the venezuelan state. they were given to the representatives of guaido, which is a violation of the venezuelan convention. even if two states break relations, there has to be respect for the premises. there has to be -- the premises of the missions are in viable. they need to be protected. they were handed over illegally. intowe are about to go tha

police arrest for antiwar activists in the venezuelan embassy in washington after the month long sit in protest against u.s. support for the opposition leader. the u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning is sent to prison for refusing to give evidence on wiki leaks and julian songs. in the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada in a dispute over vast amounts of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. us police have arrested 4 activists staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy they were protesting against the expulsion of president president maduro diplomats last month and also u.s. interference in the country more details on the story here's artie's. please enter the building around 930 this morning but it wasn't until about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice on president nicolas m

i think we've got somebody walking towards the embassy right now actually just take a look at what's happening we just have police officers turning up walking up here and so it seemed like it was a precursor to something taking place that appears to be an ecuadorian official somebody who works in the embassy but you can see it on just supporters already very vocal and protesting what is about to take place now the you can see there somebody making their way inside and. yet well this is clearly some opposition from the supporters saying that ecuador shouldn't be handing songes personal items over to u.s. prosecutors now according to wiki leaks neither julian assange songes legal team nor u.n. representatives have been allowed to witness what is taking place here today and the wiki leaks editor kristen crossed and has said that this active handing over his possessions is illegal take a listen to what he had to say. on monday before a popular show at the embassy a fix in london for their masters in washington the transport minister ration. to behave like it's the wild west. right now u.

the venezuelan government has also condemned a police raid on its former embassy and washington d.c. as a violation of international law officers try to expel activists who claim they're defending the mission from illegal seizure they argue that the u.s. is preventing cruxes diplomats from working at the compound and trying to replace them with illegitimate opposition representatives police arrived at the compound and issued in the victualling order to the activists most of them left after that 4 of them stayed inside arguing that officers had failed to present an official arrest warrant. but the rest more generally. a woman on the let's ride again tomorrow night the protesters have spent more than a month at the embassy the u.s. ordered to bring nicolas maduro the government to leave the site as it recognizes opposition leader at 1.0 has been as well as legitimate president days before the police raid the authorities cut the water at the embassy before handing protestors an infection notice and person police posted one on the embassies doors and stated that the u.s. recognizes quite

look i'm standing outside london's ecuadorian embassy i didn't think i'd be back here so soon because you know songe isn't here he's serving out his 50 week sentence for skipping bail back in 2012 when he 1st came in here in prison but to his things that are still here in his legal team say that they haven't had access to any of them ever since julian assange was dragged out of the embassy against his will last month when ecuadorian authorities allowed british police to come in and arrest a song and today is the start of these sort of formal proceedings whereby ecuador hands over someone just personal possessions in order for u.s. prosecutors to get their hands on them it's expected that there's 2 police officers and a prosecutor from that i can then be going through his things presumably is accumulated quite a few possessions and 70 is holed up inside and according to wiki leaks julian assange and his legal team nor u.n. representatives have been allowed to be for this process in the wiki leaks that it . has said that what's happening today is illegal take a listen to what he had to

while i'm here outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. where we have learned that police broke into the building this morning at a rest of the 4 remaining activists who were still inside now we're still waiting to confirm me the status of those 4 activists i have seen reports that at least 2 of the activists were removed from the building earlier this morning by police. transport vehicles literally waiting to see exactly where they are and what charges they're facing now here at the embassy we know that police reportedly entered the building around 930 this morning and so far we have seen a very heavy police presence including secret service agents d.c. metro police officers and federal agents we've also seen an ambulance on the scene and a presence from the fire department here as well so we're still waiting to learn exactly what all is going on inside of that building and that seems to be the biggest question surrounding it we know that police are inside conducting a search right now but we still don't know exactly what the state of the

prosecutors let's go over to the ecuadorian embassy. there again. along with a lot of other process miles we are expecting something we'll talk about what we may see later or maybe the reprieve loci you know group exams arriving etc etc but will come about the minute take us through what's up with the smalling on these latest developments on the sweden saw. on the step today taken by the swedish authorities is really just kind of the logical next step based on the fact that last week they announced that they would be reopening that investigation into allegations of sexual assault by julian assange 2010 so this extradition request is all rather this is a step towards an official extradition request from sweden demanding that the u.k. hand sanjay that to them now there is already a u.s. extradition request hanging over a stand just head and it appears that when there are 2 conflicting requests as we might end up having only the things secretary who is able to decide which of these legal cases will take precedence so it looks like it's going to be a po

if indeed the representatives are allowed to go into that embassy now. yeah activists have gained the attention of some prominent figures on wednesday civil rights figurehead jesse jackson arrived at the embassy to give food to the protesters that came after reports suggested authorities were preventing supplies from reaching the embassy we spoke to reverend jackson and asked him what he thinks about washington's role in venezuela. rather than the national normal then we were under a rock about an international law and human rights and certain terminations within those must have been there and people must protest that because the brother in the holding while in the same congress will not accept opinions from saying why don't they learn to. become involved with. people who would like revenue of the people or will one or both leaders in the common claims doesn't move the drummer to move. in north korea. zaman so. it was and i am as you know we get the oil in venezuela there's other review all of them been through those 4 days away from southerners 3 weeks

embassy in the u.s. consulate in a bill should relieve the country by commercial means basically that they have to get commercial flights out of the country as quickly as possible and we don't yet know how many people that's likely to affect. but we also don't know whether or not that warning is going to be extended to all u.s. citizens excluding perhaps military in iraq obviously there are u.s. citizens who are working here in the oil and gas industries and in the construction industry as well but it's although this is a significant ramping up if you like of the rhetoric here at the same time it's perhaps no surprise because if the u.s. genuinely believes that there is a significant risk then embassies and consulates are likely targets and therefore for example back in february the u.s. embassy here in baghdad which isn't too far away from me just a few 100 meters away from where i am now was targeted by 2 rockets after u.s. president donald trump said that he intended to keep the u.s. forces in iraq in

they tied up embassy staff members and beat them, court documents allege, before making off in embassyles with a stash of thumb drives, hard drives, computers, and at least one cell phone. the north koreans call did a grave terrorist attack. spanish authorities have asked the u.s. to find and arrest adrian hmong, his the u.s. marshals aren't the only people hunting for him. >> we know from credible sources that the north korean government has -- is seeking adrian hmong and some of his associates from the provisional government and is seeking to target them for assassination. >> a brutal totalitarian regime ruled -- >> reporter: the goal of the provisional government of free josan is overthrough ki-- ove overthrow kim jong-un's regime. his lawyer says he's scared for his life and denies roughing up anyone at the north korean embassy. he said they were invited and points to surveillance photos of another member of the group entering. attorney lee walosky said members of the group had contact with someone at the embassy in the days before the incident. but why would members of a group whi

welcome our top story everything from wiki leaks founder julian assange 7 years in the ecuadorian embassy in london is to be handed to us prosecutors later. electronic equipment legal papers even medical records the ecuadorian government agreed to turn over any documents and materials used by a son's. during that time too both british and u.s. authorities will of course live north to london polly. polly what is the state of play. well outside london the ecuadorian embassy isn't here of course but his things still odd because of course after he was dragged out of the embassy head last month he had a chance to take his does that and they have effectively been withheld according to his legal team they haven't had access to them and now we are expecting to say that ecuador and chills are going to go inside the embassy and take us on personal property in order to handed over to american cross to keep says and we've been watching what's been going on all day there's a bit of traffic now because of all the commotion and there's been a police truck arrive with when this traffic with the i'll get

the weeks in prison for skipping bail in twenty twelve before he sought asylum in the ecuadorian embassy there he also faces a hearing tomorrow thursday on his possible extradition to the u.s. let's go live now authorities kate partridge in london kate after seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy events are escalating fast for julie massage bring us up to speed on today's developments. there you need yes indeed joining us on she has actually literally just left the building we saw his van going away after he was earlier sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for preaching not bell in twenty twelve the judge debra taylor said that his crime merited almost the maximum sentence or two to his seriousness and also highlighted the fact that the assigned affair had cost the british taxpayer sixty million plans she rejected his claims to leave in sea based on the fact he'd already spent almost seven years in the ecuadorian embassy while she handed down the sentence to the innocent was impassive in the dock but his supporters up in the public gallery shouted shame on you and in the meantime w

embassy here in baghdad that came in the back of u.s. president donald trump saying that he intended to keep u.s. troops in iraq in order to watch iran that was something that as you can imagine incensed iran and incensed the shia groups many of the shia groups here in iraq which are close links with iran but it also incensed the iraqi government as well because it said that was an affront to its sovereignty and only iraq could decide what foreign troops if any would entitle to be here the whole situation that we're facing at the moment as far as the iraqis themselves are concerned is that this is a situation that the iraqi people do not want to be in but they have long feared that the u.s. and iran are going to be in the midst of a faceoff which could increase could get come more tense and their country is going to be right in the middle of it tehran will have to leave it there but thanks very much for joining us from baghdad meanwhile iran's supreme leader says he doesn't swan's war with the united states but i it's so that the company

and still the embassy is not far away from here embassy from a business or era. it's the ambassador from a was said by mother and. pragmatic issue of. german foreign minister it's cooperated with the embassy of course which oh it's because you cannot deal with real issues with a president who has no power in the country i know why even if he didn't even recently tell us what was your impression of the country and certainly in terms of supports what sort of level of support disquiet i get majeure i get in your opinion . while. i was invited from 16 to 27th of april and. i met as my mother will i met wide all i met different. persons there. the situation is not as it's presented mainly as a best a media it's not only the military support the mother although it's important part of the population. it's hard to say how many how much it's exactly but it's a real. base for government on the one hand on the other hand you have a real support for why door in the middle class is so it's 5050 maybe it's not only. it's not only military and. so i think there is a need for fo

is about imminently in the next hour or so we think to hand over all his possessions in its london embassy to u.s. prosecutors camera crews down there checking that out for you. and more trouble for whistle blowers despite police pressure a u.s. journalist to protect his source he's already had his home and office raided for publishing a confidential police report. he started to cry in my door open. to try to break the law be immediately after 20. 3 hours searching right. plus with those big european elections just days away now belgian state security service says there was no evidence of a large scale russian influence campaign going on something that was trumped up in the western media is a very real threat. and the good morning just turned 11 am this monday the 20th of may my name's kevin owen we'll be watching around the world thanks for choosing our international. law. live world news update starting with this in syria where the government is denying rebel reports that chemical weapons were used in a recent attack in the taqiyya province damascus has branded the reports as media fabri