The Syrian government has agreed to allow UN inspectors to investigate allegations of a chemical weapon attack near Damascus last week.
The UN team is to begin work on Monday. Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 300 people in several suburbs east and west of the capital on Wednesday, and numerous amateur videos have provided evidence that a chemical gas attack did indeed take place.
The Syrian foreign ministry statement broadcast on state television said an agreement to allow UN chemical weapons experts to "investigate allegations of chemical weapons use in Damascus province" had been reached on Sunday with the UN's disarmament chief, Angela Kane.
The agreement was "effective immediately", the statement added.
A spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon subsequently announced that the inspectors were "preparing to conduct on-site fact-finding activities", starting on Monday.
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