Opposition activists reported that dozens of residents suffered from symptoms of suffocation, including difficulty breathing, after air forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad dropped explosive barrels on the town containing toxic material.
Meanwhile, Syrian state television reported that the al-Qaida-linked rebel group, the al-Nusra Front was responsible for an attack using chlorine gas, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others.
[jpost.com]
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US Looking into Syria Poison Gas Reports ...
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the United States is trying to establish what really happened before it considers a response to allegations poison gas was used again in Syria.
Ambassador Samantha Power said Sunday reports of poison gas use are "unsubstantiated," but the United States will do everything in its "power to establish what has happened and then consider possible steps in response."
Both sides in Syria's civil war blamed each other for allegations gas was used in attacks Friday and Saturday, during the ongoing international effort to rid the country of chemical weapons...........................http://www.voanews.com/content/us-looking-into-syria-poison-gas-reports/1892522.html
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