UN: Assad Used Chemical Weapons in Syria

A United Nations investigation for the first time has laid blame for using chemical weapons on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to a new report that found government troops carried out at least two attacks involving chlorine on civilians.

The United Nations has never previously pointed to any specific actors for using chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict before this U.N.-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons joint report, which has not yet been officially made public.

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