Chlorine Likely Used in February Gas Attack in Syria, Say Investigators

Chlorine Likely Used in February Gas Attack in Syria, Say Investigators
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reported to be meeting with Syrian army soldiers in eastern Ghouta, Syria, March 18, 2018. SANA/Handout via Reuters
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AMSTERDAM–Banned chlorine munitions were likely dropped on a Syrian neighborhood in February, an international body on chemical weapons said on Wednesday, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the toxic chemical.

In its latest report on the systematic use of banned munitions in Syria’s civil war, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) did not say which party was behind the attack on Saraqib, which lies in rebel-held territory in the province of Idlib.