U.N. team fired upon in Syria while visiting suspected chemical sites

A boy stands on the rubble of damaged buildings in the city of Douma, Damascus, Syria April 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. security team came under fire in Syria while doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical weapons attack, and officials said it was no longer clear when the inspectors would be able to go in.

The inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are in Syria to investigate an April 7 incident in which Western countries and rescue workers say scores of civilians were gassed to death by government forces.