THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The international chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that chlorine was likely used as a weapon in the rebel-held northern Syrian town of Saraqeb in early February, the latest report of poison gas being unleashed in Syria’s civil war. The Syrian American Medical Society said its hospitals in Idlib treated 11 patients for suspected chlorine gas poisoning. The town has before come under suspected chemical attacks, including in 2016 and in 2013. That attack led to the U.S., France and Britain blaming the Syrian government and launching joint punitive airstrikes targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities on April 14. Assad’s forces have repeatedly been accused of using chemical weapons in the civil war.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2018 08:52 UTC