UN investigating latest reports of chemical weapons used by Syrian regime against rebels
The United States on Monday said there was ‘obvious evidence’ of multiple chlorine gas attacks in recent weeks
United Nations war crimes investigators on Tuesday said they were investigating fresh reports that chemical weapons were being used in rebel-held zones in war-ravaged Syria.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Syria voiced alarm that it had received “multiple reports – which it is now investigating – that bombs allegedly containing weaponised chlorine have been used in the town of Saraqeb in Idlib and in Douma in Eastern Ghouta”.
On Monday, bombardments by Syrian government forces killed 33 people in a rebel enclave near Damascus, as the seven-year conflict continued to exact a heavy price on civilians.
Residents across several Syrian battlefronts have reported escalating bombardment and have accused Syrian troops of deploying toxic chemicals against rebel-held zones.
The United States on Monday said there was “obvious evidence” of multiple chlorine gas attacks in recent weeks, including in the opposition-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus.