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"I intend for this investigation to start as soon as practically possible," Ban told reporters.
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President Bashar Assad's government said opposition fighters used chemical weapons in an attack at Khan al-Assal near Aleppo on Tuesday.
The opposition has blamed government forces, but the government made a formal request for a U.N. inquiry on Wednesday. Western nations had demanded that the U.N. look into all allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria.
"I have decided to conduct a United Nations investigation into the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria," Ban told reporters.
"The investigation mission is to look into the specific incident brought to my attention by the Syrian government," he said.