Rescuers and citizen journalists who went to the scene said by text message that there had been a strong smell of bleach. Such symptoms are consistent with attacks involving chlorine, which can kill in high concentrations.
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Video has emerged showing residents of the Syrian city of Aleppo, including children, coughing and wheezing after medical workers say the Assad regime dropped a chlorine gas bomb on a rebel-held neighborhood on Tuesday.
A military source told SANA that over the past few hours, army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, carried out intensive operations against positions of the terrorist organizations in al-Ramousa area to the south of Aleppo city.
Hijab concedes there are formidable obstacles hindering implementation of the plan.
Foreign ministers from the Friends of Syria group of countries, which have supported the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, will also attend.
6, 2016. photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows a nurse treating a boy suffering from breathing difficulties inside a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. It also accompanied several days of intense aerial bombardment of eastern Aleppo by government and allied Russian forces that have continued as Russian and US diplomats seek to negotiate a cease-fire deal. It called for Assad’s departure after six months and for elections to be held under the auspices of a transitional government after two years.
A recent United Nations report determined that both the government and Islamic State militants have used chemical weapons on several occasions. “The fact the global community did nothing has encouraged him and encouraged Islamic State to do the same”. It reported no deaths. Multiple children appear in the video, breathing through oxygen masks. “Everyone was scared”, said Mr Abdulkafi Hamdo, an Aleppo activist who arrived in the area shortly after the attack.
Over 80 people, including young children, were sickened in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday after warplanes allegedly dropped chlorine bombs.
An Iraqi Shi’ite militia said on Wednesday it had dispatched more than 1,000 fighters to the frontline in neighboring Syria, escalating foreign involvement in the battle for Aleppo, the biggest prize in five years of relentless civil war.
“Al-Sukkari’s attack resulted in the lives of mostly civilians”, Al Jazeera’s Ahelbarra said. Russian Federation and Iran support Assad.
The advance further seals off rebel-held parts of the city, building on an advance last week that reimposed a siege on opposition areas.
Sahloul visited the town of Sarmin in Idlib a year ago soon after an attack that bore all the hallmarks of chlorine use.
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The Syrian government has denied ever using the chemical weapon, which can be fatal if inhaled in large amounts. Although the chemical attack has not been verified by independent monitors, the respiratory problems reported by activists and residents on the ground indicate the use of chlorine gas, which is banned by worldwide conventions.
