After a 13-month-long inquiry the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have blamed the Syrian government for a toxic gas attack in Qmenas on March 16, 2015.

It was the fourth report from the two organizations on gas attacks in Syria and it was presented to the UN Security Council in New York on Friday.

The inquiry looked at nine attacks in seven areas of Syria. A separate OPCW investigation determined that chemical weapons were likely to have been used in multiple attacks. Eight of the attacks investigated involved the use of chlorine. A conclusion was reached in only three cases.

It is the second report concluding the Syrian government was responsible for using chemical weapons in the civil war. In an earlier report, in August, Syrian government forces were accused of carrying out two chlorine attacks; one in Talmenes on April 21, 2014 and one in Sarmin on March 16, 2015. Friday's report cited the third attack. 

(DW)