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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-warcrimes/u-n-war-crimes-team-documents-further-syrian-government-use-of-banned-chlorine-idUSKCN1LS1JH

UN Report: Assad Used Chemical Weapons in 3 Attacks This Year

(Reuters) Stephanie Nebehay - UN investigators said Wednesday they had documented three further uses of banned chlorine weapons by Syrian government forces that constituted war crimes. Chlorine was dropped by government helicopters in Saraqeb in Idlib province on Feb. 4, injuring at least 11 men, while women and children were injured in the Jan. 22 and Feb. 1 attacks on Douma near Damascus.

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