A U.N. team that is supposed to investigate an alleged chemical attack near the Syrian capital Damascus that reportedly killed hundreds last week has left their hotel.
An Associated Press photographer saw the members wearing body armor leaving in seven SUVs.
It’s not clear if the team is heading to the suburb where the alleged attack occurred. The photographer says U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane saw them as they left but did not go with them this morning.
Syrian activists and opposition leaders have said that between 322 and 1,300 people were killed in the alleged chemical attack last Wednesday.
Syria said Sunday that a U.N. team could investigate the site but a senior White House official dismissed the deal as “too late to be credible.
