New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria investigations
Last June, the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) was established by the OPCW's member states.
A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED ABDULLAH)ByREUTERS
