Douma

Chemical Weapons Inspectors Finish Their Trip To Syria's Douma

8:33pm May 04, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Investigators finished gathering samples from the town where a suspected chemical weapons attack occurred. The team suffered a few delays and Russia "may have tampered" with the site.

Amani and her twin daughters Masa and Malaz at a camp for displaced persons in northern Syria after fleeing Douma, a town near Damascus, where they say they suffered a chlorine attack.

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Syrian 7-Year-Old: 'I Want To Be A Doctor So I Can Help In A Chemical Attack'

5:23pm April 27, 2018

As chemical weapons inspectors assess an attack site in Douma, Syrian families from the town offer NPR witness accounts of what they describe as a chlorine strike in Douma.

Syrian state media said Tuesday that inspectors with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had entered the town of Douma. A day later, the OPCW said that hadn't happened.

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After U.N. Team Comes Under Fire, Not Clear When Inspectors Will Enter Douma

3:54pm April 18, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Syrian state media said Tuesday that international inspectors had entered the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack. But the chemical weapons watchdog group OPCW now says that's not true.

Representative of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met Monday about Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma.

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Chemical Weapons Inspectors Haven't Reached Douma. Finger-Pointing Has Begun

8:55pm April 16, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said a team of nine inspectors arrived in Damascus on Saturday but hasn't been allowed to go to the site of the alleged chemical attack.

This image made from video shows a medical worker administering oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in Douma. The Syrian government denied the allegations.

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Syrian Government Accused Of Killing Dozens In Chemical Attack

11:25pm April 08, 2018

by Alexis Diao

The reported chemical attack in Syria has killed at least 42 in the Ghouta region, near the capital Damascus. The Syrian government calls the reports "fabricated."

Syrian Army forces say have captured Mesraba and advanced into nearby farmland. It would be significant strategic victory for the government in wresting control of Douma from Islamist insurgents.

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Syrian Army Seizes More Ground In Eastern Ghouta

12:21pm March 10, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The government onslaught on the rebel-held city intensified Saturday. Officials say they've captured Mesraba, effectively cleaving the area into three isolated parts.