UN to vote Friday on 30-day renewal of Syria gas attacks probe

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a last-ditch bid to salvage a UN-led investigation tasked with identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria, diplomats said.

The council will vote at 6:15 PM (2315 GMT) on a Japanese draft resolution that would extend the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for 30 days, to allow time for negotiations on a compromise.