UN: Chemical Weapons Used in Syria From Military Stockpile

U.N. human rights investigators say chemical weapons used in two attacks in Syria last year appear to come from Syrian military stockpiles. The team of independent experts, led by Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, reported Wednesday the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in three incidents - the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21, in Khan al-Assal, near Aleppo, in March and in Saraqeb, near the northern town of Idlib last April. The report said in Ghouta significant quantities of sarin were...

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