62 ~OPCW experts found that chemical weapons were used in the Syrian Duma. The Security Council discussed a report on the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Duma Peace and safety in April last year, chlorine was used in the Syrian Duma. This is stated in the report of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW), which on Wednesday was presented to members of the Security Council. Consultations passed behind closed doors. According to the conclusion of the OPCW mission to establish facts, there is every reason to believe that “on April 7, a toxic chemical substance was used as a weapon,” two weeks later traces of chlorine were discovered. The incident in the Duma, during which chemical weapons were allegedly used, occurred during the siege of the Syrian troops of the suburbs of Damascus – East Guta, which was controlled by opposition armed groups. Personents depicting suffocating children, presumably removed after a chemical attack, were circulated on the Internet. Russia, supporting the Syrian authorities, rejected the assumptions about the use of poisonous substances, announcing that the chimatak was staged. & nbsp; Syrian government denied its involvement in this incident. However, the United States, together with Great Britain and France, made air strikes on objects, which, according to them, were associated with the production of chemical weapons. & nbsp; in the OPCW report, it is not specified who could use chlorine. There is no evidence that, as the Syrian authorities claimed, the opposition in the Duma produced chemical weapons at the local factory. & nbsp; ~ 60 > last June last year the commission to establish facts in the report to the UN Human Rights Council, claimed that during the siege of the Eastern Guta and the operations of the Syrian army and its allies against the opposition, war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed. 62 > 62 ~