UN envoy arrives in Syria for talks on chemical probe

DAMASCUS: UN Under Secretary General Angela Kane arrived in Syria's capital Saturday for talks aimed at establishing the terms of an inquiry into alleged chemical weapons attacks, an AFP journalist said.

Kane's visit comes after UN chief Ban Ki-moon handed her the task and
called for Syria's regime and its opponents to cooperate in the UN efforts to establish an investigation into the attacks said to have killed hundreds of people near Damascus on Wednesday.