"These 271 SSRC employees have expertise in chemistry and related disciplines and/or have worked in support of SSRC's chemical weapons program since at least 2012", the Treasury said in a statement.
The United States accused the Syrian army of carrying out the April 4 attack in which scores of people died from poison gas, and it responded by launching cruise missiles against a Syrian air base.
Defense Secretary James Mattis says Syrian President Bashar Assad is lying when he claims his nation doesn't have chemical weapons.
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"They have dispersed their aircraft, no doubt".
Syria still possesses chemical weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in Israel on Friday, warning against the banned munitions being used again.
Syria agreed to give up its chemical-weapons arsenal to avert USA strikes following a chemical-weapons attack in opposition-held suburbs of Damascus in August 2013 that killed hundreds of people and sparked worldwide outrage.
"I am honored to return to Israel to show my respect for this country", Mattis said from a podium at the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The entire stockpile was said to have been dismantled and shipped out under global supervision in 2014 and destroyed.
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Earlier this week, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that it is identifying sarin in samples related to the April 5 incident.
Before the start of their talks, Netanyahu said he was optimistic about relations between the two countries under the new USA administration.
The U.S. defense secretary said Israel and the United States have a common enemy in militant Islamists, and he vowed to "do whatever it takes" to achieve peace.
Syria's denial that its military was responsible for the attack is ludicrous, the IDF official said.
Israel is closely watching Iran's presence in neighbouring Syria, where it is backing President Bashar al-Assad. Yet, Russia a former member of the G-7 has already made it clear of its opinion on the Syrian issue, which is that the U.S strikes against the Syrian government is a clear action against the sovereignty of Syria.
It came after a joint UN-OPCW investigation concluded in October that the Syrian air force had dropped chlorine barrel-bombs from helicopters on three opposition-held villages in 2014 and 2015.
Meanwhile, hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again yesterday after being stuck for 48 hours at a transit point where a bomber killed dozens of their fellow townspeople.
He acknowledged that the Syrian government carried out airstrikes against Syrian Al-Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front terrorists, in Khan Shaykhun on April 4, but stressed that no chemical weapons were used.
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