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August 21, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10256236/Syrian-activists-claim-at-least-213-killed-in-nerve-gas-attack-by-Assad-troops.html

Report: Hundreds Killed in Nerve Gas Attack by Assad Troops in Syria

(Reuters-Telegraph-UK) Syrian activists have accused government forces of killing hundreds of people in a nerve gas attack near Damascus. Medical sources said at least 213 people, including women and children, had been killed in the assault by Assad forces on rebel-held areas of the Ghouta region east of Damascus. Activists said the area had been bombarded with rockets loaded with chemical agents.

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