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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samar Kassaballi and Kareem Chehayeb

Syria blasts chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack

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Syria on Thursday dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” the air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas on the city of Douma in 2018.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons produced a detailed report following a fact finding mission that investigated the April 7, 2018 attack. Medical workers and activists said at the time more than 40 people were killed in the attack. OPCW inspectors headed to the site of the attack days later.

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