Syrian rescue workers say chlorine attack carried out in Aleppo neighborhood
Rescue workers in Syria say the government dropped barrel bombs containing chlorine gas on a neighborhood in eastern Aleppo on Tuesday, causing dozens of cases of suffocation.
The Syrian Civil Defense organization says 80 people experienced breathing difficulties after helicopters dropped the bombs over the Sukari neighborhood, but there were no known deaths. The group released a video showing wheezing children using oxygen masks in order to breathe. The organization says the Syrian regime is behind two other suspected chlorine gas attacks in August, and Reuters viewed a copy last month of a United Nations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons inquiry that found government forces were responsible for two chlorine gas attacks in 2014 and 2015. The Syrian government denies using chemical weapons during the country's civil war, which has killed more than 250,000 people since 2011.
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