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Douma, Syria
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BRITAIN, France and the US’s case for missile strikes against Syria appears to have crumbled after chemical inspectors found no evidence that nerve agents had been used in Douma.
The long-awaited report from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which was released late on Friday instead found traces of chlorine that it said was possibly used in the area.
The trio launched a deadly missile strike after they claimed the Syrian government was responsible for an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma in which dozens were said to have been killed on April 7.
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