@ Toadstool
The Economist:
Syria?s chemical weapons: Distrust and verify | The Economist
Just this week he denied having chemical weapons, even as his foreign minister admitted it. He is not a man to be trusted.
Daily Mail:
Syria denies it has chemical weapons | Mail Online
Bashar Assad's Foreign Ministry flatly denied the American charges.
"Of course Syria has no chemical weapons. They (Americans) have been talking for years about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But so far, the presence of these weapons has not been confirmed," said ministry spokeswoman Bouthayna Shaaban.
"I would like to say that there are biological, chemical and nuclear weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East region. They are in Israel, not in Syria," she said .
As for: They both said that chemical weapons had not been used.
This was for a brief time period of a day or two before it became irrefutable. I really cannot be bothered searching through all the news items to find it.