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    U.S. calls for Assad to be held accountable for chemical attacks

    The White House said Wednesday it was "impossible to deny" that Syria had launched chemical weapon attacks, while calling for President Bashar Al-Assad's regime to be held accountable, AFP reported.

    The comments came in response to a UN investigation which found that Assad's forces carried out at least two chemical attacks in Syria and that Islamic State jihadists used mustard gas as a weapon.

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