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An unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a toxic gas attack, on April 4, 2017. OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP
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A civil defense member breathes through an oxygen mask, after the gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Head of Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack Inquiry Appeals for Countries to Back Off
London- An international inquiry aims to report by October on who was to blame for a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun in April, the head of the probe has said, as he appealed for countries to back off and stop telling investigators how to do their...Caption:
An unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a toxic gas attack, on April 4, 2017. OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP
International Confirmation: Sarin Used in Syria, Ankara Makes Hints of New Operation
Moscow, Beirut, Ankara- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed on Friday that banned Sarin gas was used in April’s chemical attack that killed dozens of people in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. The...Caption:
A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
OPCW Confirms Sarin Used in Khan Sheikhoun Attack
A fact-finding mission by the UN’s chemical watchdog, the OPCW, has confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used as a chemical weapon in the April 4 attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. “Based on its work, the FFM (fact-finding mission) is able...Caption:
Exterior view of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) headquarters in The Hague in this file picture taken on October 11, 2013. (Reuters)