The team of UN chemical weapons inspectors left their Damascus hotel early Saturday, and appeared to be leaving the country.
Snipers have fired at United Nations experts forcing them to pull back from an attempt to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, a spokesman has said.
Syrian army soldiers have found chemical agents in tunnels dug by the foreign-backed militants in a northeastern suburb of the capital, Damascus, Syrian TV says.
The United Nations and Syria have agreed to probe use of chemical weapons during presence of foreign militants in the country, a UN statement says.
Russia's UN envoy has sharply criticized Western nations' "small propaganda storm in a glass of water" regarding allegations that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its own people.