"It is now impossible to deny that the Syrian regime has repeatedly used industrial chlorine as a weapon against its own people," National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said following press reports revealing details of the UN’s investigative report on August 24.
"The United States will work with our international partners to seek accountability through appropriate diplomatic mechanisms, including through the United Nations Security Council," he said.
"We urge all UN member states and parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, including Russia and Iran, to participate in this effort."
The UN investigation established that Bashar Assad terrorists carried out at least two chemical attacks in Syria and that ISIS terrorists used mustard gas as a weapon.
The investigation determined that Assad helicopters dropped chlorine on the towns of Talmenes on April 21, 2014, and Sarmin on March 16, 2015.
Price said the findings "present yet another opportunity for all nations to speak with one voice to address these heinous crimes and to make it clear that the use of chemical weapons is intolerable."
His statement sent a veiled message to Russia, which worked with the United States in 2013 to try to eliminate Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and has backed Assad regime in its five-year war against Syrians.
President Barack Obama recently warned Russia it faces international rebuke if it continues to make common cause with Syria’s brutal regime.
Russia and China in the past have fended off moves by the United States, Britain, and France to impose UN Security Council sanctions on Assad regime.
The 15-member Security Council is due to discuss the report on August 30.
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