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children and men who have been salivating a gross amount and that is a feature well-recognised with a Sarin attack.”
UN war crimes investigators began probing the outrage which would be the deadliest chemical attack in Syria since sarin gas killed hundreds of civilians in Ghouta near Damascus in August 2013.
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But British doctor Shajul Islam – a volunteer treating victims in hospital – said: “This hospital is being overwhelmed by patients that have been hit by some sort of chemical.”
In a video report, he added: “This patient has got clear pinpoint pupils. So have the others.
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Dr Nott, of Medics Under Fire, has experienced working in Syria.
He added: “Sarin is a chemical which means you just stop breathing.
“It kills within about one to 10 minutes and is around 30 to 40 times more powerful than cyanide. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there are around 1000 or maybe more people killed by this chemical weapon attack.”
Stockpiling of sarin was outlawed in April 1997 by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, and it is considered a weapon of mass destruction. Assad is supposed to have agreed to remove chemical weapons from his arsenal.
President Barack Obama set a “red line” in 2012 warning of military action if Assad’s forces used chemical weapons.
But in 2013 he backed away after David Cameron lost a vote for air strikes.
President Donald Trump condemned the attacks but blamed Obama, without saying what action, if any, he would take.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said: “These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the last administration’s weakness and irresolution.”
May added that the attack was yet more evidence that Bashar al-Assad needs to go.
She said: “I’m very clear that there can be no future for Assad in a stable Syria. We cannot allow this suffering to continue.”
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: “I am horrified by the reports of an attack near Idlib in Syria.
“The reports we are receiving strongly suggest the use of chemical weapons.
“And although we cannot yet be certain about what has happened, this bears all the hallmarks of an attack by the regime which has repeatedly used chemical weapons.”
“We continue to support the work of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and will work closely with them as they seek to investigate this latest incident.
Hours after the assault, the European Union’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini blamed Assad, along with Turkey and France, who called for a United Nations Security Council meeting.
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