Syria has still not allowed a team of experts into the country despite its call for the United Nations to investigate alleged chemical weapons use by rebels, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.Syria has asked the UN to investigate a chemical weapons attack in March on the village of Khan Al Assal outside of Aleppo, which the regime blames on rebels and the rebels blame on regime forces.
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SyriaÂ’s government wants the investigation limited to the single Khan Al Assal incident and last week rejected the expanded investigation.
Britain and France had asked the UN to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use in Khan Al Assal and another village, Ataybah, in the vicinity of Damascus, in March, as well as in the central city of Homs on Dec. 23.
The inspection team is in Cyprus awaiting permission to enter Syria.