Dozens of people were killed in an apparent poison gas attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta as government forces escalated their offensive to recapture the last rebel strongholds near the Syrian capital.
According to the report of Medical relief organization Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), near able 41 people had been killed due to the attack, where The civil defense rescue service is putting the number as high as 150.
Syrian state media denied claims that government forces had launched a chemical attack and said rebels in Douma were in a state of collapse and spreading false news.
“Many dead, including women and children, in mindless Chemical attack in Syria,” describing it as an atrocity, President Trump wrote on his Twitter account Sunday, “Area of atrocity is in lock-down and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price . . ”
“an urgent investigation is needed and the international community must respond. We call on the Assad regime and its backers, Russia and Iran, to stop the violence against innocent civilians.” confirmed in a report from Britain’s Foreign Office.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
A Chemical Attack on Rebel Bastion in Syria killed Dozens
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