INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said no evidence has been found of a chemical weapons attack in Syria's formerly rebel-held town of Douma.
He said Russian specialists and aid workers had visited the area. Rebel fighters have started leaving the town under a surrender deal.
Medical sources say dozens were killed in Saturday's alleged attack but numbers are impossible to verify.
The US and France threatened a "joint, strong response" to the alleged attack.
The United Nations Security Council is to discuss the allegations later on Monday.
The Russian denial came hours after a deadly attack on a Syrian military airport, which Moscow and the Syrian government blamed on Israel.
Syria conflict: Russia says no evidence of Douma chemical attack
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Posted on: 15:27 Mon, 09 April 2018
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