THE HAGUE - Chlorine was used in a deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma in 2018, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said Friday in a long-awaited final report on the incident. Western powers led by the United States blamed the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the attack and unleashed air strikes on military installations in response. The watchdog said it found no evidence of the use of nerve agents in Douma, which had been previously alleged by some parties in the conflict. The watchdog also rejected claims by the Syrian regime that the gas had come from an alleged rebel chemical weapons facility and storehouse in the area, which inspectors were allowed to visit. "From the analysis of the information gathered during the on-site visits to the warehouse and facility suspected of producing chemical weapons, there was no indication of either facility being involved in their manufacture," it said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 01, 2019 18:45 UTC