UN Wants Inspection Team in Syria to Investigate Chemical Weapons Use

"Reasonable grounds" to believe they were used

UN investigators say there are reasonable grounds to believe that limited quantities of toxic chemicals have been used in at least four attacks in Syria's civil war, but said more evidence is needed to determine the precise substances or who used them.

The UN commission of inquiry said it needed to test samples taken directly from victims or the site of the alleged attacks. It called on Damascus to allow a team of experts into the country.