Putin Scoffs at Chemical Attack Claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is sympathetic to Syrian leadership, is among those rejecting U.S. intelligence claims that Bashar al-Assad's government used chemical weapons against civilians, saying it would be "utter nonsense" for the government to deploy them in a war it was already winning.

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