DHAKA: Analysis of samples taken by UN inspectors in Syria investigating an alleged use of chemical weapons could take ‘up to three weeks’.

Ihe Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post publishes the report on Sunday.

‘The evidence collected by the team will now undergo laboratory analysis and technical evaluation. These procedures may take up to three weeks for completion in a systematic, orderly and objective manner,’ the group said in The Hague, where the UN team arrived on Saturday.

BDST: 1741 HRS, SEPT 01, 2013
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