Lavrov: Russia still suspects Syria attack was a 'provocation'

Russia still suspects an August 21 poison gas attack in Syria was a provocation by rebel forces and says a report by UN inspectors does not answer all of its questions about the attack, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Speaking following talks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius a day after UN inspectors confirmed the use of the nerve agent sarin, Lavrov took a different view to France and other Western states which blame Syrian government forces for the attack. (Reuters)