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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
UN security team comes under fire in Syria’s Douma
A UN security team was fired at while on a reconnaissance mission in the Syrian town of Douma ahead of the deployment of experts investigating an alleged chemical attack, a UN official says.
“Shots were fired yesterday at a UN security team doing a reconnaissance in Douma,” the official tells AFP. “They were not injured and returned to Damascus.”
The experts from the OPCW chemical watchdog were awaiting the green light from the security team before beginning their investigation in Douma of the alleged attack.
The suspected April 7 gas attack on Douma, near Damascus, reportedly left more than 40 people dead and was blamed by Western powers on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
— AFP
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