An attack in April 2018 on the rebel-held town of Duma in Syria, was violently discussed. Now the organization OPCW indicated that there were valid reasons to assume that poison gas was used.

According to estimates by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) has been used in an attack on the city of Duma poison gas.

There are good reasons to assume that toxic chemicals as a weapon in the attack on 7. April 2018 were used, said the OPCW in its final report on the incident in the city Duma. It was very likely to be chlorine gas. In the attack in the rebel-held city had been killed according to the UN human rights Council, more than 49 people and up to 650 injured.