Snipers shot at a UN team set to inspect the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack

Snipers shot at a UN team set to inspect the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack on Monday.

The Syrian government accused armed militants of firing at the UN inspectors. "Members of the United Nations team... came under fire from armed terrorist groups as they entered the Moadamiyet al-Sham area" southwest of Damascus, state television reported.

A UN spokesman said unidentified snipers shot at the UN experts. The attack forced them to suspend their inspection but no injuries were reported, said spokesman Martin Nesirky.
  
"The first vehicle of the chemical weapons investigation team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers," he said.

Amid speculations of a western attack against Syria, a senior Syrian security official told AFP the government was ready to face "all scenarios". "Western threats of strikes against Syria are part of the psychological and political pressure against Syria, but in any case we are ready to face all scenarios," the official said.