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UN cites progress in probe of Syria chemical attacks

In a Monday (June 13th) report, a UN team said it is making progress in its investigation of nine chemical weapons attacks in Syria but it has yet to identify the perpetrators, AFP reported.

The Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) set up by the UN Security Council last year appealed for more information from world governments, including from the Syrian regime, to determine those responsible for the attacks.

The JIM is the most concrete UN effort to date to establish some accountability in the war.

"Investigations into the nine cases under consideration by the mechanism have all progressed," said the JIM in a report to the UN Security Council. However, the report added, identifying those responsible "continues to be dependent on sufficiency of information".

The 24-member team is due to present its findings in August, when its one-year mandate ends, but the council could ask the panel to continue its work if it does not produce a list of perpetrators by then.

The panel is looking into nine attacks using toxic chemicals that took place in 2014 and 2015 in the Hama, Idlib and Aleppo provinces.

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