OPCW probing 'all credible' reports of Syria chemical attacks

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AFP The Hague
Last Updated : Feb 07 2018 | 6:45 PM IST
International watchdog OPCW said ague, today it is probing "all credible allegations" of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, amid growing reports of their alleged deployment by the Damascus regime.
A fact-finding mission from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which has been mandated "to establish the facts surrounding allegations of the use of toxic chemicals.... is investigating all credible allegations," the body said in statement, voicing "grave concern" over the new reports.

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First Published: Feb 07 2018 | 6:45 PM IST

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