The United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic was a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate possible use of chemical weapons in Syria. The mission was established by the U.N. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on 21 March 2013 to investigate the 19 March 2013

Khan al-Assal chemical attack The Khan al-Assal chemical attack was a chemical attack in Khan al-Assal, Aleppo, Syria on 19 March 2013, which according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights resulted in at least 26 fatalities including 16 government soldiers and 10 civil ...

that was brought to the Secretary-general's attention by the Syrian Government. On 27 March 2013, the secretary-general appointed Åke Sellström to head the mission. The mission had an OPCW component headed by Scott Cairns and a

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component headed by Maurizio Barbeschi. On 16 September 2013, the mission published a report with focus on the Ghouta chemical attack that occurred on 21 August 2013. The next day, Åke Sellström and his team, answered questions about the report on a press conference. On 12 December 2013, the mission delivered its final report to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The mission investigated 7 of 16 alleged chemical attacks: * 2012-10-17 Salquin (also spelled

Salqin Salqin ( ar, سَلْقِين, Salqīn) is a town in Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate. Nearby localities include Kafr Takharim to the southeast, Abu Talha to the south, Delbiya to the southwest, al-Alani to the northwest and Is ...

) * 2012-12-23 Homs * 2013-3-13 Darayya * 2013-3-19 Khan al-Assal (also spelled Khan al-Asal) * 2013-3-19 Otaybah * 2013-3-24

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* 2013-4-12 to 4-14 Jobar * 2013-4-13 Sheikh Maqsood * 2013-4-25 Darayya * 2013-4-29 Saraqeb (also spelled

Saraqib Saraqib ( ar, سَرَاقِب, Sarāqib also spelled Saraqeb) is a city in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate, located east of Idlib. During the course of the Syrian Civil War, the city fell into rebel forces ...

) * 2013-5-14

Qasr Abu Samrah Qasr Abu Samrah ( ar, قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site in Syria, administratively a part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate, located northeast of Hama city. Nearby localities include Zughba to the north, al ...

* 2013-5-23

* 2013-8-21 Ghouta * 2013-8-22 Bahhariyeh (also spelled

al-Bahariyah Al-Bahariyah ( ar, البحارية) is a village in eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus city center. The village is administratively a part of the Douma District in the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دم ...

) * 2013-8-24 Jobar * 2013-8-25 Ashrafiah Sahnaya (also spelled Ashrafiyat Sahnaya) Normal text indicates that the mission did not find sufficient or credible information to further investigate the alleged chemical attacks. Bold text indicates that the mission decided to further investigate the attack.

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