The Syrian government is close to taking full control of a rebel enclave near the capital just days after an alleged chemical weapons attack there sparked international outrage and calls for a retaliatory strike against the Assad regime.
French President Emmanuel Macron said there is proof the regime used chemical weapons last weekend in the rebel-held city of Douma, the biggest town in Eastern Ghouta, though he didn’t give details of the proof or how it was obtained.
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