Syrian Rebels Launch Chemical Attack In Aleppo
US backed rebels fired poison gas in two government-held areas of Aleppo on Sunday according to Syrian state media. Syria’s official SANA news agency reported that 35 people, both civilians and soldiers, were suffering from suffocation after shells loaded with poisonous gas struck the Dahiyet al-Assad and Hamdaniyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo. The symptoms among those injured indicates the use of highly toxic chlorine gas according to a local doctor. The pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen channel reported that at least one person died. Russia Today reports: RT Arabic’s crew in Aleppo reports 36 cases of suffocation. “A couple of hours ago we received some 35 patients, all mildly hurt. Their symptoms match those that appear when a person is poisoned by chlorine gas,” doctor Yazan Sarmani told Ruptly at Al Razi hospital in Aleppo. “The victims are soldiers but there are also civilians among them. They all suffered from chlorine gas [poisoning], that is why they showed intensive lacrimation and breathing difficulties. We took care of them, administered oxygen and gave them medicine. Some of them had to be hospitalized,” he added. Al-Mayadeen earlier reported that all the victims of the attack are civilians. “The symptoms the victims showed were the same, but of [...]
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