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==Alleged gas attack==
 
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On 4 April 2017, the town came under a heavy air attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2017/04/05/khan-sheikhoun-chemical-attack-evidence-far/|title=The Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack, The Evidence So Far - bellingcat|date=2017-04-05|work=bellingcat|access-date=2017-04-08|language=en-US}}</ref> 86 people were killed.<ref>''[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/04/04/Syria-toxic-gas-attack-kills-civilians-in-Idlib-province.html "Assad regime responsible for ‘awful’ Syria ‘chemical’ attack: EU’s Mogherini"]'' ''Al Arabiya''. 4 April 2017. 5 April 2017.</ref> The Russian government stated that "Syrian aviation struck a large terrorist warehouse near Khan Sheikhun that housed a warehouse making bombs, with toxic substances",<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-explanation-for-syria-chemical-weapons-attack-2017-4|title=An 'infantile argument': Experts pour cold water on Russia's 'fanciful' explanation for Syrian gas attack|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-04-07|language=en}}</ref> "between 11:30am and 12:30pm", hours after the alleged sarin attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39500947|title=Syria 'chemical attack': What we know|work=BBC|date=6 April 2017}}</ref> However, experts have cast doubts on this explanation and believe organophosphorus chemicals were used. As reported by a ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' reporter on the ground, no buildings were hit near the attack epicentre, the warehouse in question was damaged and disused for the last half year and, literally, "the contamination area radiated from a hole in a road".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/the-dead-were-wherever-you-looked-inside-syrian-town-after-chemical-attack|title='The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after gas attack|last=Shaheen|first=Kareem|date=2017-04-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-07|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
 
On 4 April 2017, the town came under a heavy air attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2017/04/05/khan-sheikhoun-chemical-attack-evidence-far/|title=The Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack, The Evidence So Far - bellingcat|date=2017-04-05|work=bellingcat|access-date=2017-04-08|language=en-US}}</ref> 86 people were killed.<ref>''[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/04/04/Syria-toxic-gas-attack-kills-civilians-in-Idlib-province.html "Assad regime responsible for ‘awful’ Syria ‘chemical’ attack: EU’s Mogherini"]'' ''Al Arabiya''. 4 April 2017. 5 April 2017.</ref> The Russian government stated that "Syrian aviation struck a large terrorist warehouse near Khan Sheikhun that housed a warehouse making bombs, with toxic substances",<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-explanation-for-syria-chemical-weapons-attack-2017-4|title=An 'infantile argument': Experts pour cold water on Russia's 'fanciful' explanation for Syrian gas attack|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-04-07|language=en}}</ref> "between 11:30am and 12:30pm", hours after the alleged sarin attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39500947|title=Syria 'chemical attack': What we know|work=BBC|date=6 April 2017}}</ref> However, experts have cast doubts on this explanation and believe organophosphorus chemicals were used. As reported by a ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' reporter on the ground, no buildings were hit near the attack epicentre, the warehouse in question was damaged and disused for the last half year and, literally, "the contamination area radiated from a hole in a road".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/the-dead-were-wherever-you-looked-inside-syrian-town-after-chemical-attack|title='The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after gas attack|last=Shaheen|first=Kareem|date=2017-04-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-07|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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On 11 April 2017, nuclear technology expert Professor [[Theodore Postol]] produced a 14-page interim report challenging the narrative of a White House Intelligence document (also issued on 11 April) in relation to an alleged nerve agent attack by the Syrian airforce at Khan Sheikhun in Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib province on 4 April 2017. Dr Postol stated:
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:"In fact, a main piece of evidence that is cited in the document points to an attack that was executed by individuals on the ground, not from an aircraft, on the morning of April 4."<ref>''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Vs2rjE9TdwR2F3NFFVWDExMnc/view "A Quick Turnaround Assessment of the White House Intelligence Report Issued on April 11, 2017 About the Nerve Agent Attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria"]''</ref>
 
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Khan Sheikhun (also spelled Khan Sheikhoun or Khan Shaykhun)[1] is a town in the southern Idlib Governorate of northwestern Syria.

Rebel-controlled

Khan Sheikhun initially fell under control of the Syrian opposition, and in 2014 fell to Jabhat al-Nusra.[2] Deutsche Welle reported: "Idlib province, where Khan Sheikhun is located, is mostly controlled by the Tahrir al-Sham alliance, which is dominated by the Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly known as the Al Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front."[3]

Alleged gas attack

On 4 April 2017, the town came under a heavy air attack.[4] 86 people were killed.[5] The Russian government stated that "Syrian aviation struck a large terrorist warehouse near Khan Sheikhun that housed a warehouse making bombs, with toxic substances",[6] "between 11:30am and 12:30pm", hours after the alleged sarin attack.[7] However, experts have cast doubts on this explanation and believe organophosphorus chemicals were used. As reported by a Guardian reporter on the ground, no buildings were hit near the attack epicentre, the warehouse in question was damaged and disused for the last half year and, literally, "the contamination area radiated from a hole in a road".[8]

Executed by individuals on the ground

On 11 April 2017, nuclear technology expert Professor Theodore Postol produced a 14-page interim report challenging the narrative of a White House Intelligence document (also issued on 11 April) in relation to an alleged nerve agent attack by the Syrian airforce at Khan Sheikhun in Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib province on 4 April 2017. Dr Postol stated:

"In fact, a main piece of evidence that is cited in the document points to an attack that was executed by individuals on the ground, not from an aircraft, on the morning of April 4."[9]

 

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  2. "Syrian Army violently disrupts al-Nusra meeting in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib". 3 May 2016. Al-Masdar News.
  3. "Death toll rises in Syria 'gas attack'". Deutsche Welle. 4 April 2017.
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  5. "Assad regime responsible for ‘awful’ Syria ‘chemical’ attack: EU’s Mogherini" Al Arabiya. 4 April 2017. 5 April 2017.
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  9. "A Quick Turnaround Assessment of the White House Intelligence Report Issued on April 11, 2017 About the Nerve Agent Attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria"