UN experts in Douma

SYRIA’S UN ambassador says a United Nations security team travelled to the Syrian town of Douma ahead of a planned visit by global chemical weapons experts yesterday to look into a suspected poison gas attack against civilians.

Western countries say scores of civilians sheltering from bombs were gassed to death in Douma on April 7.

“If this United Nations security team decided that the situation is sound in Douma then the fact-finding mission will begin its work in Douma tomorrow,” Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari said.