UN seeks probe into claims of Syria chemical attacks
Channel News Asia 23-08-2013
DAMASCUS: The regime in war-torn Syria came under intense pressure on Thursday to allow UN inspectors to probe an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus which the opposition says killed hundreds.
Footage distributed by activists showing unconscious children, people foaming around the mouth and doctors apparently giving them oxygen to help them breathe has triggered revulsion around the world.
The United Nations formally asked Syria to authorise UN experts to probe the allegations, and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon decided to send a special envoy to Damascus.
French President Francois Hollande denounced the "likely" use of chemical weapons while the United States said it has yet to "conclusively determine" such weapons were used.
Damascus denied it unleashed chemical weapons, particularly at a time when a UN team was in Syria to inspect three sites where other such attacks allegedly took place.
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