Ake Sellstrom (L), head of the chemical weapons team working in Syria, hands a report on the August 21, 2013 Al-Ghouta massacre to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, in this handout picture provided by the United Nations September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Paulo Filgueiras/UN Photo/Handout via Reuters
U.N. Chemical Experts Confirm Sarin Gas Used In Syria Attack -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A U.N. photograph of chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin.
"On the basis of the evidence obtained during the investigation of the Ghouta incident, the conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic ... against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale," the report said.
"In particular the environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface to surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used," it said.
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