New Syria chemical claims probed

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 27 September 2013 | 19.21

27 September 2013 Last updated at 08:07 ET

UN chemical weapons inspectors are investigating whether three chemical attacks were carried out in Syria after the 21 August Damascus incident that sparked threats of US military action.

A UN statement said that, in all, seven alleged incidents of chemical weapons use were under investigation.

A UN team currently in Syria is set to complete its work on Monday.

A UN resolution on making Syria's stockpile safe is expected soon, after the US and Russia agreed the text.

Experts from the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), are then expected to begin inspecting Syria's stockpile by Tuesday, a draft agreement has said.

The OPCW text is due to be voted on at a meeting in The Hague later on Friday.

UN list

The UN team lead by Ake Sellstrom arrived in Syria on 25 August to continue investigating allegations of chemical weapons use.

Frank Gardner

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The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner examines what we know about the Syria attack on 21 August

The deployment followed a US-Russia brokered deal under which Syria has agreed to eliminate all chemical weapons by mid-2014.

The UN statement listed the seven chemical attacks alleged to have taken place this year and which are under investigation:

  • Khan al-Assal, 19 March
  • Sheikh Maqsoud, 13 April
  • Saraqeb, 29 April
  • Ghouta, 21 August
  • Bahhariyeh, 22 August
  • Jobar, 24 August
  • Ashrafiah Sahnaya, 25 August

The US threatened the Syrian government with military action over the Ghouta incident, which left hundreds of people dead.

A UN report on the attack published later confirmed that the nerve agent sarin had been used in a rocket attack there, although it did not apportion blame.

Syria has pushed for the investigation of the post-21 August incidents.

Its envoy to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, accused "militants" of using chemical gas against the army in Bahhariyeh, Jobar and Ashrafiah Sahnaya.


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