Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has condemned the “unjustifiable” US missile strike near Homs, stressing his government is not responsible for the chemical attacks which left more than 80 Syrian men, women and children dead.

Mekdad said that a fabricated incident of the use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun was made.

“The United States has come at the request of terrorist groups in Syria and bombarded a very important airport from which our planes go and attack Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra in our fight against terrorism.”

“We have no chemical weapons, and the Syrian army has not and will never use them against our Syrian people."

Source: MENA