SYRIA'S Government has accused Western powers of whipping up concerns over chemical weapons as a pretext for intervention in the country's civil war.
Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Maqdad spoke out yesterday as Germany's cabinet approved stationing Patriot anti-missile batteries on Turkey's border with Syria – a step President Bashar al Assad's regime fears could lead to the imposition of a no-fly zone over its territory.
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