Multiple victims suffered from chlorine gas inhalation, including children and women, the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) said in a statement.
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The Syrian regime has faced a series of accusations throughout the five-year conflict of indiscriminate bombings of civilians and use of sarin and chlorine gas, while Damascus has accused its opponents of also attacking civilians and using mustard gas. It reported no deaths. One of the women was reported to be pregnant.
A Syrian boy suffering from breathing difficulties is treated at a make-shift hospital in Aleppo.
Story by Reuters and the Associated Press. “It is a crowded neighbourhood”.
A 13-year-old girl and a 29-year-old man died from further complications Wednesday. This included a chlorine gas attack that Amnesty says killed four and injured 60 people, 40 of whom were children. Chlorine gas, in high doses, can be fatal, and in lower doses, it can cause damage to the lungs of whoever breathes it in.
The suspected chemical attack came as Syrian government loyalists battled to consolidate their hold over what had been the last rebel supply line into the opposition-held east of the city, after the capture of the route on Sunday. All three incidents occurred after a USA -led 2013 deal that supposedly stripped the Syrian regime of its chemical arsenal.
Russia, a close Syrian government ally, has blocked sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government.
In an around the city of Aleppo, an estimated 2 million people are now living without regular access to electricity and water, according to United Nations estimates.
Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to negotiate a settlement on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in China on Monday.
Kalin told private broadcaster NTV Tuesday that the initial plan was for a 48-hour ceasefire.
However, observers say the Syrian military’s campaign also aims to recapture areas in the northern and southern countryside of Aleppo in the face of Turkey’s perceived attempts to establish a safe zone in northern Syria.
Turkey has pushed for a safe zone in Syria since at least 2014.
Turkey sent tanks into Syria on August 24 as part of the so-called Euphrates Shield operation aimed at ousting Islamic State fighters and halting an advance by Syrian Kurdish forces, which Ankara sees as allies of the outlawed PKK that’s been waging a 30-year insurgency inside Turkey.
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The Syrian Army units, backed by the allies, on Thursday launched wide-scaled military operations against dens and gatherings of the terrorist organizations in different areas across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon them in the arms and personnel.
