Watchdog reports on alleged Syria attack behind airstrikes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday in an interim report that "various chlorinated organic chemicals" were found at the site in Syria where a chemical attack is suspected of being carried out in April.
A fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons warned that it was too early to come to conclusions about the suspected attack on the town of Douma, saying that "work by the team to establish the significance of these results is ongoing."
At the same time, the investigators reported based on initial test results that "no organophosphorous nerve agents or their degradation products" were detected in samples taken from people allegedly exposed or in the environment.