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The bodies of young children killed by a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21 are lined up in a makeshift morgue. A new report suggests the the UK government sold Assad's regime the chemical ingredients used in the attack. (AFP/File)

September 8th, 2013 - 11:05 GMT

UK companies 'sold chemical agents to Syria'

A new report indicates that British companies sold the Syrian government the chemical agent used to kill more than 1,400 civilians in Damascus last month.