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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 10

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UNITED NATIONS -- A UN official on Monday called for the establishment of an investigative mechanism for chemical weapons use in Syria after reports of a new chemical attack in the Arab country over the weekend.

"The use of chemical weapons is unjustifiable. Those responsible must be held to account," Thomas Markram, deputy to UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council. (UN-Syria-Probe)

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TEHRAN -- A total of four Iranian troops, allied with the Syrian government, were killed in a missile strike that targeted an air base in central Syria on Monday morning, semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Seyyed Amar Mousavi, Mehdi Lotfi Niasar, Akbar Zavar Jannati and Mehdi Dehqan were killed in the airstrike on the air base in Syria's central province of Homs, Fars said. (Iran-Syria-Israeli Attack)

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DAMASCUS -- All kidnapped people by the Islam Army rebels in the Douma district near Damascus were released on Monday evening and reached the Syrian army position near the capital Damascus, state TV reported.

Buses transporting the second batch of the released people, including all the remaining abductees in the Islam Army prisons, reached the Wafideen area northeast of Damascus after leaving the nearby district of Douma, the last rebel-held area in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus. (Syria-Kidnapped-Release)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration will make a decision on Syria in the next 24 to 48 hours.

The reported chemical weapon attack in Syria was "atrocious" and "horrible," Trump said in a cabinet meeting broadcast live on TV. "We'll be making that decision very quickly. Probably by the end of today. We cannot allow atrocities like that." (US-Syria) Enditem

 

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