Despite Serial Use of Chemical Weapons, Syrian Regime to Chair UN Conference on Disarmament Next Month | Algemeiner

The Syrian regime is to preside over a UN conference on disarmament next month, despite its consistent use of chemical weapons during a seven-year-old civil war — most recently on Saturday, when at least 42 people, including many children, were killed in a suspected toxic gas attack on the town of Douma that left many victims struggling to breathe and foaming at the mouth.