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Conflict in Syria

OPCW mission arrives in Damascus for probe into suspected chemical attack in Syria

A team of the Fact-Finding Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus

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MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. A team of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus to carry out a probe into a suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma.

"#OPCW Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team has arrived in Damascus, #Syria to commence its work," the organization wrote on Twitter.

The Fact-Finding Mission was set up in 2014 to establish facts of the suspected use of toxic chemicals in Syria. The decision to dispatch the FFM experts was made on April 10. On Saturday, they were expected to arrive in Syria and commence their probe in the town of Douma. On the same day, the US, the UK and France delivered a massive missile strike against Syria.

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