Chlorine gas used in attacks in Northern Syria: OPCW

An international body seeking to implement global laws that ban chemical weapons has claimed that it has found "compelling evidence" that shows that Chlorine gas was used in attacks in northern Syria.

A report released by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that chlorine was used in pure or mixed form "systematically and repeatedly" in attacks that took place earlier this year in villages of Talmanes, Al Tamanah and Kafr Zeta in northern Syria, reported the BBC.

The report said that the conclusion was based on a study of the people who were exposed to the gas, their response to treatment, as well as descriptions of the properties and behavior of the gas.

Syria was forced to destroy its declared stockpile of banned munitions over the past year under the terms and conditions of an international agreement however, it was not required to declare its chlorine stockpile because it was regarded as a weak toxic agent.