U.N. inspectors arrived at a military hospital in a government-held area of Damascus on Friday to visit soldiers affected by an alleged chemical attack, a witness told Reuters. The chemical-weapons experts have spent the week visiting rebel-controlled areas in the Damascus suburbs after reports of a poison-gas attack last week that the opposition blames on President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian government accuses the rebels of firing chemical munitions at civilians and soldiers. Witnesses said the team was meeting with soldiers at the Messe Military Airport who government media said were exposed to poison gas in the Damascus suburb of Jobar on Saturday. Official media said some of the soldiers were overcome by fumes after finding chemical agents in a tunnel that had been used by insurgents.
