THE HAGUE: The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to set up a new team to probe a suspected chemical attack in Syria, sources told Agence France-Presse.

The draft decision, seen by Agence France-Presse, calls for an investigation "to establish whether chemical weapons were used in Khan Sheikhun and how they were delivered to the site of the reported incident"—even though a probe is already underway.

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