Syria says 11 people, including 6 from UN fact-finding mission, abducted by armed groups
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Syria's Foreign Ministry says 11 people, including six members of a U.N. fact-finding mission, have been abducted by armed groups in central Syria.
The ministry says the abductions occurred in the countryside around Hama in central Syria on Tuesday.
A ministry statement blamed rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, accusing them of committing "terrorist crimes" against the U.N. staff and the U.N. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The organization, which monitors the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and oversees the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, sent a team to Syria this month to investigate claims that chlorine has been used in the region of Hama.