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Definition of sarin
: an extremely toxic chemical weapon C4H10FO2P that is used as a lethal nerve gas —called also GB
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A report from the watchdog group that monitors the international chemical weapons treaty concluded Thursday that sarin, a deadly nerve agent, led to the deaths of more than 80 civilians in an April attack on Syria’s northwestern Idlib province.
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The conclusion that sarin was used had been expected.
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Last month, the U.S. fired cruise missiles on a government air base after accusing Assad's military of killing scores of civilians with a sarin-like nerve agent.
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In 2013 a sarin attack left more than 1,400 dead, including more than 400 children, and a recent report by Human Rights Watch found that government forces have used nerve agents on at least four occasions in recent months.
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Ayrault said France reached the conclusion after comparing samples from a 2013 sarin attack in Syria that matched the new ones.
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As far back as the mid-1980s, the CIA claimed that the Syrian regime was capable of producing nearly eight tons of sarin per month.
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Experts and monitors said the French report also appeared to offer near-definitive proof of the Syrian government’s involvement in an August 2013 sarin attack on the Damascus suburbs.
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Following that attack, France obtained an intact, unexploded grenade containing 100 ml of sarin.
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Origin and Etymology of sarin
German
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