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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE94Q07D20130528
More Chemical Attacks Reported in Syria
(Reuters) Erika Solomon - Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusayr and the capital Damascus on Monday amid further reports of chemical weapons attacks by President Assad's forces on rebel areas. In Harasta, an eastern Damascus suburb largely under rebel control, dozens of people were afflicted by respiratory difficulties after an apparent overnight chemical attack, according to opposition sources. Video showed victims lying on the floor, breathing from oxygen masks. Another video from Harasta showed at least two fighters struggling to breathe while medics put tubes into their throats. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there was "increasingly strong evidence of localized use of chemical weapons" in Syria.