聯合國檢查人員抵達敘利亞涉嫌發生化武襲擊地點
U.N. inspectors have reached a Damascus suburb to meet victims of suspected chemical weapon attacks, after the Syrian government accepted international demands to grant access to the team.
Syrian state television said Monday that troops escorted the inspectors to the southwestern suburb of Moadamiyeh, one of several rebel-held districts where the August 21st attacks happened.
Syrian opposition activists said the U.N. team visited a makeshift hospital in Moadamiyeh to speak with survivors of the attacks and take samples.
Rebels and the Syrian government have blamed each other for the killings of hundreds of civilians in the incidents.
Western powers say they believe forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible. Leaders of the United States, Britain and France have been discussing what action to take in response, raising the prospect of Western military intervention in Syria's two-year conflict.
The foreign minister of Russia, a key Assad ally, said Western powers "cannot produce any evidence" that the Syrian government committed the alleged chemical attack.聯合國檢查人員抵達大馬士革郊區，跟被懷疑受到化學武器襲擊的受害者見面，之前敘利亞政府按照國際社會的要求，准許聯合國小組進入該地區。
敘利亞國有電視臺星期一說，敘利亞軍隊護送聯合國小組前往莫達米亞西南郊區，那裏是反政府武裝佔據的8月21日遭到襲擊的地區之一。
敘利亞反對派活動人士說，聯合國小組訪問了莫達米亞的一家臨時醫院，跟襲擊的受害者談話，並抽取樣本。
反政府武裝和敘利亞政府都指責對方用化學武器殺害了數百名平民。
西方國家說，他們認爲忠於敘利亞總統阿薩德的軍隊應對平民死亡負責。美國、英國和法國一直在討論如何作出反應。這使人覺得，西方有可能對持續了兩年的敘利亞衝突進行軍事幹預。
敘利亞政府的重要盟友俄羅斯的外長說，西方國家沒有證據顯示敘利亞政府動用了化學武器。
