DHAKA: A team of United Nations inspectors crossed into Lebanon from Syria Saturday after completing their probe into a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus.

The inspectors crossed the border in a convoy of UN vehicles at 7:40am local time escorted by Lebanese security forces.

The 13 inspectors, led by Ake Sellstrom, had left their hotel in Damascus shortly before dawn, reports Turkish daily Hurriyet.

The team have been investigating allegations of the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons against its own people.

The UN experts’ departure heightened expectations of a possible international military strike against the regime.

US president Barack Obama said Friday the United States was weighing ‘limited, narrow’ action against Syria, insisting the world had a duty to act after hundreds of women and children were gassed to death.

BDST: 1710 HRS, AUG 31, 2013
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