UN aid agencies do not have access to most of the enclave of eastern Ghouta, including Douma where the alleged attack occurred. The attack appears to have prompted a surrender deal the following day by local rebels. Since then, thousands of the estimated 100,000 people still living in Douma have left on buses heading north. The UN high commissioner for human rights said the world must react to the use of chemical weapons or risk dire consequences. “This collective shrug to yet another possible use of one of the most ghastly weapons ever devised by man is incredibly dangerous.”

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2018 09:40 UTC