The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) chief, Ahmet Uzumcu, said it was responding with "grave concern" to the suspected chemical weapons attack on Saturday in the town of Douma, in the Ghouta region. Also read Watchdog investigates alleged Syria chemical attack in DoumaInstead they will interview witnesses, collect samples of blood from survivors and gather data on military flights, methods that have been successful in past investigations. The OPCW's fact-finding mission, which was already investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war, was gathering all available material to establish whether chemical weapons were used, it said in a statement. "Everything suggests that during the second attack, chlorine was used to conceal the use of sarin at the same time," Pitti said. A joint United Nations-OPCW investigation determined in 2016 and 2017 that Syrian government forces used chlorine and sarin repeatedly throughout the civil war.

Source: dna April 09, 2018 18:33 UTC