Syria Chemical Weapons Inspectors Detail Ambush After Their Escape

A team of international chemical weapons inspectors were attacked in Syria on Tuesday, and its members are now safely back in Damascus, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says

The team — consisting of inspection experts and officials from the OPCW and the United Nations — was headed to the city of Kafr Zita, about 200 miles north of the capital city, on its way to investigate allegations of a chemical weapons attack involving chlorine. The group says the visit had been carefully negotiated with the Syrian government and various armed opposition groups operating in the area. Read more...