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The Latest: Syria dismisses UN claims it used sarin gas

In this photo taken on Thursday, July 27, 2017, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter looks through a window as he takes his position inside a destroyed apartment on the front line, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. Kurds and Arabs are fighting side by side in the assault against the Islamic State group in Raqqa, but they have vastly different visions of what happens next. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb)
In this photo taken on Thursday, July 27, 2017, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter looks through a window as he takes his position inside a destroyed apartment on the front line, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. Kurds and Arabs are fighting side by side in the assault against the Islamic State group in Raqqa, but they have vastly different visions of what happens next. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb) In this photo taken on Thursday, July 27, 2017, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter looks through a window as he takes his position inside a destroyed apartment on the front line, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. Kurds and Arabs are fighting side by side in the assault against the Islamic State group in Raqqa, but they have vastly different visions of what happens next. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb)

By Associated Press 3 min read

BEIRUT (AP) – The Latest on the developments in Syria’s civil war (all times local):

7:40 p.m.

Syria has pushed back against the U.N. saying the report accusing its air force of using sarin gas to attack civilians is politically motivated and baseless.

In a statement published Friday on its official news agency, the Syrian government says it possesses no chemical weapons and considers using them “a moral crime that can only be condemned.”

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said it has “reasonable grounds” to believe the Syrian government is responsible for the April attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, which killed at least 83 civilians. The commission based its report on information collected from satellite images, video, photos, medical records, and over 300 interviews.