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U.N. rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria
Source: Reuters
U.N. rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA | Tue Jun 4, 2013 9:19am EDT
(Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons had been used in Syria and warned that the shattered country was in "free-fall".
In their latest report, they said they had received allegations that Syrian government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons, but most testimony related to their use by state forces.
Increasing reports from the battlefield of the use of chemical weapons have sounded alarm bells in the West, lending urgency to a new diplomatic push to end the war. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said last week that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable.
The U.N. commission said it examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April but could not determine which side was behind them.
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By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA | Tue Jun 4, 2013 9:19am EDT
(Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons had been used in Syria and warned that the shattered country was in "free-fall".
In their latest report, they said they had received allegations that Syrian government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons, but most testimony related to their use by state forces.
Increasing reports from the battlefield of the use of chemical weapons have sounded alarm bells in the West, lending urgency to a new diplomatic push to end the war. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said last week that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable.
The U.N. commission said it examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April but could not determine which side was behind them.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/04/us-syria-crisis-warcrimes-idUSBRE95308K20130604
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