In Syria, a U.N. security team with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has delayed its inquiry into an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, after members of the team were shot at by unknown assailants as they approached the site. The latest delay to the inspectors’ mission came amid competing claims about whether chemical weapons were to blame for the deaths of at least 40 people in the Damascus suburb on April 7 and over who was responsible. President Trump cited the alleged attack as his rationale for a coordinated U.S., British and French attack on Syria last Friday. We’ll have more on Syria after headlines with Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi and Moazzam Begg.
Syria: U.N. Chemical Weapons Team Comes Under Fire, Delays Inspections
HeadlineApr 19, 2018
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