US refuses UK involvement, Russia extends support to Syria over chemical attack

The US Department of State on Friday announced that the United Kingdom was not involved in the Syrian chemical attack that took place on April 7 while blaming Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for the same.

UK State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press briefing said that "The UK, I am confident in saying, had absolutely nothing to do with [the alleged chemical attack", as reported by the Sputnik news agency.

She further expressed her disinterest towards the fact-finding mission conducted by the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons while reiterating that as per the US intelligence President Assad orchestrated the attack.