GAS ATTACK CHOKES SYRIA, STUNS WORLD
Rescuers and medics say a chemical attack on a rebel-held town near the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed at least 70 people IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT Opposition-linked first responders, known as White Helmets, said entire families were found suffocated in their homes and shelters in eastern Ghouta’s Douma late on Saturday. Images by activists on Twitter showed several bodies, including those of children, amassed in basements. Syrian forces resumed their offensive in the last rebel stronghold in the region on Friday after a 10-day truce collapsed. Saturday’s attack invited the international community’s anger
FATAL CHEMICALS
While some activists said a bomb containing sarin — a toxic nerve agent — was used in the attack, others said chlorine caused the deaths. Rescuers said those affected showed signs of convulsions and foaming at the mouth. The Syrian government denied the chemical attack
US WATCHING
The Syrian regime has been repeatedly accused of using chemical weapons, with the UN among those blaming government forces for a sarin gas attack on the village of Khan Sheikhun in April 2017. That attack, which killed about 90 people, prompted US President Donald Trump to order a missile strike on a Syrian air base. Trump warned after Saturday’s attack that there would be a “big price to pay”, asking the Assad regime to open the area for a probe
Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad DONALD TRUMP, US President