Syrian President Bashar al Assad was behind a "massive and co-ordinated" chemical attack in Damascus, the French government has claimed.

A seven-page intelligence report sets out five points which, MPs will be told, suggest the Assad regime was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people in the Syrian capital last month.
The evidence includes satellite imagery, allegedly showing the attacks were launched from government-controlled areas, a French government source told the Reuters news agency.
Mr Assad told French newspaper Le Figaro the allegations were "illogical" and warned of "negative" repercussions for French interests if the country engaged in military action.
However, the government source said: "Unlike previous attacks that used small amounts of chemicals and were aimed at terrorising people, this attack was tactical and aimed at regaining territory."



The French evidence suggests Bashar al Assad's regime was responsible

Earlier, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said MPs would be given every piece of evidence the government has, including information that has been classified until now.
The intelligence will be released publicly following a meeting of top government and security officials, with MPs expected to debate the evidence on Wednesday.
French President Francois Hollande can order military action without parliamentary approval, although some lawmakers have urged him to put the issue to a vote, following the lead of US President Barack Obama, who decided to seek authorisation from Congress before agreeing to missile strikes.
France is the United States' main ally in the Syrian crisis, after Britain voted against military action.


The UN is examining samples collected by weapons inspectors in Damascus

Meanwhile, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed US evidence of alleged chemical weapons use by the Assad regime as "absolutely unconvincing".
He said the intelligence contained "nothing specific ... no geographic coordinates, no names, no proof that the tests were carried out by the professionals".
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said samples of hair and blood provided by first responders after the August 21 attack tested positive for sarin, a nerve agent estimated to be 500 times more toxic than cyanide.
According to US estimates, the attack killed 1,429 people, including 426 children, although France put the figure at "at least 281".


Children were among those caught up in last month's attack

Meanwhile in Britain, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he could not foresee any circumstances in which the Government would return to Parliament to vote for a second time on the prospect of military action.
"We're not going to keep asking the same question of Parliament again and again," he said.
"We live in a democracy. The executive cannot act in a way which clearly is not welcome to Parliament or the British people, so we're not proposing to do so."
It came as MPs called for answers over a chemicals trade deal with Syria signed months after the bloodshed started.
The Department for Business issued licences for the export of sodium fluoride and potassium fluoride to the war-torn country in January last year before revoking them several months later.
The chemicals are capable of being used to make nerve gas such as sarin, and also have a variety of industrial uses.
The Government said no chemicals were exported before the licence was revoked in June 2012 following EU sanctions but MPs said they intend to raise the issue at Westminster.

Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1136215/sy...hemical-attack

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No surprises that the U.S and now the side changing French are the main two countries claiming it is DEFFO assad !!!
They must have sooooo much proof that is why they are shoving all the evidence in our faces... oh wait !!!

If they have proof.. show it and I will eat my words and Assad would rightly deserve a butt kicking but I have a sneaky feeling it is all bollox

Allegedly is the key word in all they have to say