Baladi - Agencies
The Independent reported that International chemical weapons inspectors have collected samples of soil and human tissue from the Syrian town of Douma, in an effort to establish whether such weapons were used in an attack there.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it would now consider whether the team needs to make a second visit to the town, where at least 40 people are thought to have died from the alleged attack.
The samples will be transported to the Netherlands and then on to the organisation's designated labs for analysis.
The experts there will try to determine whether chemical weapons were used in the attack on April 7, and if so, which.
The OPCW said that based on analysis of the sample results, as well other information and materials collected by the team, the mission would compile a report and submit it to the organisation's member states.
The organisation is not mandated to conclude which side in the conflict used chemical weapons.