UN report close to confirm that SARIN gas (Chemical weapon) was used in Syria

 UN chemical weapons investigators will not explicitly pin the blame on anyone in their upcoming report on the Aug. 21 poison gas attack in Syria, but diplomats say their factual reporting alone could suggest which side in the country's civil war was responsible.

The report could easily become a bargaining chip in talks between Moscow and Western powers on conditions for Syria to give up its chemical weapons and the terms of a United Nations Security Council resolution on the matter.

Two Western diplomats said they strongly expected chief UN investigator Ake Sellstrom's report would confirm the US view that sarin gas was used in the attack on suburbs of Damascus that killed hundreds.

One diplomat said there was a good chance the report would come out on Monday, while others predicted it could come any time from this coming weekend to next week.