Global Watchdog Sending Team To Probe Alleged Syria Gas Attack

Sumaira FH Published April 10, 2018 | 08:55 PM

The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it will "shortly" deploy a fact-finding team to the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma to probe an alleged poison gas attack.

The Hague, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Apr, 2018 ) :The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it will "shortly" deploy a fact-finding team to the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma to probe an alleged poison gas attack.

Coinciding with a request from both Syria and its ally Russia to investigate the allegations, "the OPCW technical secretariat has requested the Syrian Arab Republic to make the necessary arrangements for such a deployment," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement. "The team is preparing to deploy to Syria shortly," it added.