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2018-11-25 02:21:20 UTC
"SANA has released a video showing purported victims of the attack wearing
oxygen masks as they are being treated in an Aleppo hospital":
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Over 50 people hospitalized in Syria's Aleppo after militants shell city
with poison gas – reports
25 Nov. 2018
At least 50 residents of neighborhoods in Syria's Aleppo have been treated
for symptoms of toxic gas poisoning after militants attacked the residential
area with gas-filled munitions, Syrian media reported.
The Al-Khalidiye and Al Zahraa neighborhoods, as well as Nile Street, were
targeted by rocket fire on Saturday evening, Syria's state SANA news agency
reported. The munitions used by the rebels were rigged with toxic gas,
causing dozens of civilians to suffer from asphyxiation, the agency said.
The hazardous substance has been preliminarily identified as chlorine,
according to medical officials.
The head of the health department of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Ziad Haj
Taha, reported that 50 people were taken to two Aleppo hospitals after the
shelling, noting that the number of the injured is likely to rise.
"Ambulance services continue to provide assistance to victims of poison gas
use by terrorist groups, presumably chlorine," Taha told Russian Sputnik
news agency.
The Russian Defense Ministry has dispatched chemical protection troops
stationed in Syria to the area. They are tending to those affected and
monitoring the situation on the ground, ministry spokesman Major General
Igor Konashenkov told media.
"From preliminary data, in particular the confirmed symptoms displayed by
those affected, the munitions used in the shelling were filled with
chlorine," Konashenkov said. According to the Russian military's data, 46
people, including 8 children, were hospitalized after the shelling.
According to the Russian military's preliminary estimates, the attack was
launched from within the nearby Idlib de-escalation zone, from an area near
a village controlled by the former Al-Nusra front.
Chlorine, which was first used as a weapon during WWI, may cause lasting
health damage and can be fatal at high levels of exposure.
Children and women are reported to be among the victims of the attack.
The Syrian armed forces fired back, targeting the positions of the militants
north of Aleppo, a SANA correspondent reported, adding that they appear to
have suffered heavy losses.
"The Syrian army responded to the shelling of militants, attacking the
positions from which the shelling was carried out, militants suffered
significant losses," a Syrian military source confirmed the retaliatory
attack to Sputnik.
SANA has released a video showing purported victims of the attack wearing
oxygen masks as they are being treated in an Aleppo hospital.
Moscow has repeatedly accused anti-government rebels of plotting a chemical
weapons attack with the possible goal of framing Damascus. Last month, the
Russian Defense Ministry reported that a hardline Islamist group affiliated
with the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) got hold of two canisters
filled with chlorine after raiding the headquarters of rival Jabhat al-Nusra
group [rebranded as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham].
https://www.rt.com/news/444804-syria-gas-attack-aleppo/
oxygen masks as they are being treated in an Aleppo hospital":
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Over 50 people hospitalized in Syria's Aleppo after militants shell city
with poison gas – reports
25 Nov. 2018
At least 50 residents of neighborhoods in Syria's Aleppo have been treated
for symptoms of toxic gas poisoning after militants attacked the residential
area with gas-filled munitions, Syrian media reported.
The Al-Khalidiye and Al Zahraa neighborhoods, as well as Nile Street, were
targeted by rocket fire on Saturday evening, Syria's state SANA news agency
reported. The munitions used by the rebels were rigged with toxic gas,
causing dozens of civilians to suffer from asphyxiation, the agency said.
The hazardous substance has been preliminarily identified as chlorine,
according to medical officials.
The head of the health department of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Ziad Haj
Taha, reported that 50 people were taken to two Aleppo hospitals after the
shelling, noting that the number of the injured is likely to rise.
"Ambulance services continue to provide assistance to victims of poison gas
use by terrorist groups, presumably chlorine," Taha told Russian Sputnik
news agency.
The Russian Defense Ministry has dispatched chemical protection troops
stationed in Syria to the area. They are tending to those affected and
monitoring the situation on the ground, ministry spokesman Major General
Igor Konashenkov told media.
"From preliminary data, in particular the confirmed symptoms displayed by
those affected, the munitions used in the shelling were filled with
chlorine," Konashenkov said. According to the Russian military's data, 46
people, including 8 children, were hospitalized after the shelling.
According to the Russian military's preliminary estimates, the attack was
launched from within the nearby Idlib de-escalation zone, from an area near
a village controlled by the former Al-Nusra front.
Chlorine, which was first used as a weapon during WWI, may cause lasting
health damage and can be fatal at high levels of exposure.
Children and women are reported to be among the victims of the attack.
The Syrian armed forces fired back, targeting the positions of the militants
north of Aleppo, a SANA correspondent reported, adding that they appear to
have suffered heavy losses.
"The Syrian army responded to the shelling of militants, attacking the
positions from which the shelling was carried out, militants suffered
significant losses," a Syrian military source confirmed the retaliatory
attack to Sputnik.
SANA has released a video showing purported victims of the attack wearing
oxygen masks as they are being treated in an Aleppo hospital.
Moscow has repeatedly accused anti-government rebels of plotting a chemical
weapons attack with the possible goal of framing Damascus. Last month, the
Russian Defense Ministry reported that a hardline Islamist group affiliated
with the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) got hold of two canisters
filled with chlorine after raiding the headquarters of rival Jabhat al-Nusra
group [rebranded as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham].
https://www.rt.com/news/444804-syria-gas-attack-aleppo/