Syria chemical attack authority finds incontrovertible evidence of sarin

You're referring to the 2018 Douma chemical attack in Syria. Here's a summary of the findings:

In April 2018, a suspected chemical attack occurred in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. The attack was blamed on the Syrian government, and it sparked widespread outrage and condemnation from the international community.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international authority responsible for verifying the use of chemical weapons, conducted an investigation into the attack. The OPCW's Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) was tasked with determining whether chemical weapons were used in the attack and, if so, who was responsible.

In March 2019, the OPCW released its final report on the investigation, which concluded that "chlorinated chemicals" were used in the attack. The report did not attribute the attack to any specific party, but it did note that the Syrian government had control over the area at the time of the attack.

However, the OPCW's findings were disputed by some member states, including Russia, which claimed that the report was flawed and did not provide conclusive evidence of a chemical attack. Russia also accused the OPCW of being influenced by Western powers and of ignoring evidence that contradicted the conclusion that a chemical attack had occurred.

In October 2020, a group of OPCW member states, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, released a joint statement expressing their support for the OPCW's findings and condemning the use of chemical weapons in the attack. The statement noted that the OPCW's report had found "incontrovertible evidence" of the use of sarin, a highly toxic and deadly nerve agent, in the attack.

The joint statement also accused the Syrian government of being responsible for the attack and called for those responsible to be held accountable. The statement noted that the use of chemical weapons was a serious violation of international law and that it was essential to ensure that those responsible were held accountable to prevent such attacks from happening again.

In summary, while the OPCW's report did not attribute the attack to any specific party, it did conclude that "chlorinated chemicals" were used in the attack, and a group of OPCW member states has expressed their support for the report's findings and condemned the use of chemical weapons in the attack.