Chlorine was used in attack on Syrian rebel town of Douma, watchdog says

Chemical weapons inspectors confirm gas cylinders were fired at a housing block in the deadly assault in April 2018

The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has said that chlorine was used against the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma in 2018 in a long-awaited final report on the deadly attack.

The report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was based on a visit by inspectors to the site of the attack which witnesses said killed 43 people.

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