Israel’s Defense Minister has claimed that Syrian government forces have been using chemical weapons against civilians since the start ceasefire. While it is possible that chemical weapons have been used during the truce, it is doubtful that President Assad’s government would be the ones using them. Sputnik news reports: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon accused Tuesday the Syrian governmental forces of using chemical weapons against civilians during the current ceasefire, reached at the initiative of Russia and the United States. “The Syrians initially used industrially produced chemical weapons, but lately they have started to use such substances as chlorine and they use it against civilians. They continue doing it now, during the allegedly holding ceasefire. The are mainly dropping barrels of chlorine from the air,” Yaalon said in a speech to a conference near Tel Aviv. In 2013, a massive chemical weapons attack was carried out in the Syrian suburb of Ghouta which killed more than 1,300 civilians. Both the Syrian government and the militant factions that oppose it blamed one another for the attack. A mission to eliminate Syria’s chemical arsenal was announced after the deadly 2013 gas attack. The Syrian government placed its chemical weapons under international control [...]