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UN report confirms use of sarin in Syria attackA photograph of chief UN chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin. More… |
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Syria allows UN team to visit chemical weapons siteSyria has agreed to allow UN inspectors access to sites in suburbs of Damascus where alleged chemical attacks occurred last week even as the US made it clear that it now has little doubt the Syrian government used chemical weapons. More… |
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UN pushes Syria to allow probeUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his push for Syria to allow UN inspectors immediate access to investigate allegations that the government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus. More… |
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First gas attack; then bombs hit DamascusSyrian President Bashar Al-Assad's forces bombarded rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, activists said, keeping up pressure on the besieged region a day after the opposition accused the army of gassing hundreds in a chemical weapon More… |
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NERVE GAS ATTACK? Hundreds killedSyrian activists accused President Bashar Al-Assad's forces of launching a gas attack that killed nearly 500 people on Wednesday, in what would, if confirmed, be by far the worst reported use of chemical arms in the two-year-old civil war. More… |
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Over 200 killed in Syria nerve gas attack: ActivistsSyrian activists accused President Bashar Al-Assad's forces of launching a nerve gas attack that killed at least 213 people on Wednesday, in what would, if confirmed, be by far the worst reported use of poison gas in the two-year-old civil More… |
