Turkey is certain that Assad’s is responsible for chemical attack

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday intelligence gathered by Ankara left no doubt that the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a poison gas attack near Damascus last week.

Turkey has said previously it would be ready to take part in any international action against Assad, even outside the auspices of the United Nations, and has put its armed forces on alert to guard against threats from Syria.

“From our point of view, totally based on our national intelligence and assessments by our national experts … there is no doubt that the regime is responsible,” Davutoglu told reporters in the capital Ankara.