Global watchdog ‘seriously concerned’ by Syria attack

The global chemical arms watchdog says it is “seriously concerned” by reports of a suspected gas attack on a rebel-held town in Syria that killed at least 58 people.

“The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seriously concerned about the alleged chemical weapons attack reported by the media this morning in the Khan Sheikhun area of southern Idlib,” the group says, adding it was “gathering and analysing information from all available sources.”

Syrian children receive treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour)
Syrian children receive treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour)

— AFP

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