THE UN security council voted unanimously yesterday to set up a panel to investigate chlorine gas attacks in Syria.

The resolution came in response to recent allegations of attacks using the toxic gas, which is not classed as a ­chemical weapon but which is nevertheless illegal for use in war.

It calls on UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon, in ­co-ordination with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to submit recommendations to set up a joint investigative body.