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Assad Regime Drops Chemical Weapons on Syrian Town "in Revenge for Shot Down Russian Helicopter"
(Telegraph-UK) Raf Sanchez - Dozens of civilians - mainly women and children - were rushed to a makeshift hospital in the Syrian town of Saraqib with their lungs burning from chlorine gas. The chemical weapon was dropped onto the town by the Assad regime late Monday in an apparent act of revenge after nearby rebels shot down a Russian transport helicopter, killing five Russian troops. 33 people were treated for chlorine inhalation and all survived.