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Chemical weapons experts to inspect attack site in Syria

The international chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it was sending a fact-finding mission to the Syrian town where a suspected chemical gas attack took place over the weekend, following a request from the Syrian government and its Russian backers that appeared to be aimed at averting...

Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria in March: NGO

At least 783 civilians were killed in attacks across war-torn Syria last month, according to a Syrian human rights group on Tuesday.   A total of 198 children and 138 women were among the civilian fatalities in Syria in March, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a...

Tens of thousands still remain trapped in Syria's Douma

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday warned of worsening situation in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta where tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday at the UN in Geneva, UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said: "We estimate that more than...