UN to Investigate Claims of Chemical Weapons Being Used in Syria

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN, announced that the body will investigate claims of a chemical weapon being used in the Syrian Civil War.

Twenty-six people were killed in a rocket attack, on Tuesday, that Syria's government says used a chemical weapon.

The government and the opposition blamed the attack on each other.

No confirmation has been made by the US or Europe, however Russia did initially back Syria's claims that rebel forces made the attack.

Seventy-five thousand people have been killed in the two year long civil war.

The use of chemical weapons would mark an extremely dark turn in it.