The United Nations is preparing to send a team to Syria to investigate whether chemical weapons were used in a deadly March rocket attack near Aleppo.
UN to Investigate Chemical Weapons in Syria
![Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack days earlier,Khan al-Assal Syria, March 23, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0F08EA48-1862-45BB-919F-0A5D3C8AEC44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack days earlier,Khan al-Assal Syria, March 23, 2013.
![A general view shows Khan al-Assal near where residents say a March 19 chemical weapon attack occurred.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9187AC1E-1828-4E59-95D2-6CF626EB778C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A general view shows Khan al-Assal near where residents say a March 19 chemical weapon attack occurred.
![Residents and medics transport a Syrian Army soldier, wounded in what they said was a chemical weapon attack near Aleppo, to a hospital, March 19, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E997832B-C895-4871-B55A-D848E7ACE909_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents and medics transport a Syrian Army soldier, wounded in what they said was a chemical weapon attack near Aleppo, to a hospital, March 19, 2013.
![People breathe through oxygen masks as they are treated at a hospital in Aleppo, March 19, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/C564680A-86F8-4BF1-A841-D7FFD3E613B6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People breathe through oxygen masks as they are treated at a hospital in Aleppo, March 19, 2013.