Pro-Assad forces have killed dozens of people in a chemical attack on the last opposition-held town in East Ghouta, near Syria’s capital Damascus, according to a pro-opposition medical organization and local activists. The two main rebel factions in eastern Ghouta, which signed the deals with Russia last summer, accuse Damascus and Moscow of using the jihadist presence as a pretext for attacks. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military. You can find more information in our data protection declaration.The death toll is expected to rise after a suspected chemical weapons attack in one of the last remaining rebel strongholds in Syria, eastern Ghouta. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a war monitor said had killed at least 250 people since Sunday night. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was the highest 48-hour death toll in the Syria conflict since a 2013 chemical attack on eastern Ghouta, the last major rebel bastion located near the capital. Residents and aid workers say the “de-escalation” deals have brought no relief. "The other thing that seems inconsistent with sarin is that, given the footage of first responders treating victims without proper protective equipment, you would expect to see considerable secondary casualties from contamination – which does not appear to be evident."
EASTERN GHOUTA: The civilian death toll rose to 78 from Saturday’s chemical attack by the Syrian regime in Douma, a district in Eastern Ghouta, local doctors said on Sunday. Panos Moumtzis, the United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for Syria, on Tuesday condemned the bombing of five hospitals in eastern Ghouta and said intentional attacks on medical facilities “may amount to war crimes”. UOSSM also reported that the attack had injured over 500 in eastern Ghouta.After the alleged attack, Russian-backed government forces have reportedly pressed ahead with their military offensive to retake what is the last opposition pocket near the capital, Damascus. August 2013 gelang es der Kommission mit Ärzten zu sprechen, einige Opfer zu untersuchen sowie Blut- und Bodenproben zu entnehmen.Nachdem die USA verlauten ließen, im Besitz von geheimdienstlichen Beweisen für die Schuld der syrischen Regierung an dem Giftgaseinsatz zu sein, bezweifelte Russlands Präsident Am 9.
Syria's war: Battles rage in Eastern Ghouta, as 'toll tops 1,000' Syria's army and rebel groups locked in battle, as civilian death toll hits 1,099, according to UK-based war monitor. The Ghouta chemical attack occurred in Ghouta, Syria, during the Syrian civil war, in the early hours of 21 August 2013.Two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin.Estimates of the death toll range from at least 281 people to 1,729. (07.04.2018) “The Assad regime’s siege and starve tactics are ... adding to the humanitarian disaster there,” she said. "Russia ultimately bears responsibility for the brutal targeting of countless Syrians with chemical weapons," the statement said.In March, the US warned at the UN that it would react to any chemical weapon attacks in Syria.More than 1,500 people have been killed since Syrian government troops backed by Russia launched a ferocious attack on eastern Ghouta on February 18. On 22 August, a witness who works for While no chemical warhead was ever found in the Western Ghouta area, one rocket engine has been identified as a At the time of the attack, Syria was not a party to the Both the opposition and the Syrian government said a chemical attack was carried out in the suburbs around Damascus on 21 August 2013.
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