Étiqueté : Douma

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OPCW: Fact-finding team mute outside Syria’s Douma

Inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog have not been able to enter Syria’s Douma to examine the site of a suspected gas attack, the organisation said, dismissing an earlier report circulated by Syrian state-run media. The Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Wednesday that United Nations security officials entered the town on Tuesday to…

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Russia rejects UN resolution for honest Douma investigation

Russia has rejected France’s proposal at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting that called for the launch of an independent investigation over an alleged chemical attack that struck the former rebel-held town of Douma in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. The rejection on Tuesday came during the sixth UNSC emergency meeting on Syria since the suspected…

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OPCW inspectors ‘not yet’ allowed in Syria’s Douma: UK delegation

Chemical weapons inspectors have not yet been allowed access to Syria’s Douma, UK officials said as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met to discuss the « alleged use of chemical weapons » in Syria.  « Russia and Syria have not yet allowed access to Douma, » the British delegation tweeted on Sunday, adding that « unfettered access…

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Suspected chemical attack ‘kills dozens’ in Syria’s Douma

A suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held city in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, has killed at least 40 people and affected hundreds, residents and activists have told Al Jazeera. The White Helmets, a group of rescuers operating in opposition-held areas in Syria, said on Saturday that most of the fatalities were women and children. One…