Syrian civilians near the war-torn country’s capital were attacked Monday with suspected poisonous gas — believed to have been launched by the Syrian government, activists and rescue teams said.
More than 20 civilians, including women and children, were evacuated from a rebel-held neighborhood in the Douma district early Monday morning, Syrian Civil Defense said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 people suffered from suffocation, Reuters reported.
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22 civilians, most of them children, suffered from intoxication after another #Assad regime #ChemicalWeapons (Chlorine gas) attack on #EastGhouta.
The gas was delivered in nine Katyusha rockets.#Syria pic.twitter.com/shUnZrKFXq— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) January 22, 2018
A little baby, just one of the children who was poisoned by chlorine gas this morning in #Douma city in #EasternGhouta #ghoutaisbleeding pic.twitter.com/otSiuNpGU6
— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) January 22, 2018