Syria 🇸🇾: Probe 🔎 reveals chemical weapons use in Hama

An investigation carried out by an international chemical weapons watchdog has revealed the use of sarin gas in a March 30 attack that hit the rebel-held town of Latamneh in northern Syria.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an independent body, said that its fact-finding mission's results prove the presence of "sarin or sarin-related chemicals".

On Wednesday, the initial findings were shared with member states - all of whom are signatories to the United Nations chemical weapons convention.

The investigation into the March chemical attack in Hama province, in which some 50 people were injured, is ongoing.

Idlib-based activist, Majed Abdulnoor, told Al Jazeera that the use of chemical weapons is a "regular occurrence" in the country.

"Unfortunately, on top of sarin and mustard gas, the use of weaponised chlorine is also a grave violation that no one is talking about - not the media, and definitely not the international community," Abdulnoor said.

"People don't realise that these air strikes are chemical ones until they're hit with the reality, and they start seeing the symptoms [mouth foaming, fainting]," he added.

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