Suspected gas attack kills at least 58 in Idlib
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Beirut — A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed at least 58 people, including 11 children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitor, medics and rescue workers in the rebel-held area said. A Syrian military source strongly denied the army had used any such weapons. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack, believed to have been carried out by Syrian army jets, caused many people to choke, and some had foam coming out of their mouths. All the children were under the age of eight. "This morning, at 6.30 am., warplanes targeted Khan Sheikhoun with gases, believed to be sarin and chlorine," said Mounzer Khalil, head of Idlib’s health authority. The attack had killed more than 50 people and wounded 300, he said. "Most of the hospitals in Idlib province are now overflowing with wounded people," Khalil told a news conference in Idlib. The air strikes that hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the south of rebel-held Idlib, killed at least 58 peop...
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