Syria gas attack kills 58

A toxic gas spread by warplanes in rebel-held Syria killed at least 58 people, including nine children, on Tuesday. The toxic gas also made several people sick and now the entire place is being evacuated so that further complications can be averted.

According to the details provided by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack affected people living in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province. Most of the victims died from gas poisoning and dozens of others are suffering from respiratory problems and other symptoms.

So far the nature of the toxic gas is still unknown and it is also unclear if the planes involved in the attack were Syrian or those of government ally Russia.

According to the Observatory, the medical teams in the town reported that symptoms of those affected include; fainting, vomiting and foaming at the mouth. The victims were mostly civilians and out of the 35 dead, nine were small children.

The gas attack comes just days before a two-day conference on Syria’s future, which is hosted in Brussels by the European Union and the United Nations.

In a bid to avert US military action, the Syrian government officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention and turned over its chemical arsenal in 2013. However, there have been repeated allegations of chemical weapons use by the government since then. The government has also been accused of conducting at least three chlorine attacks in 2014 and 2015.

The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using any chemical weapons and in turn, has accused the rebels of using banned weapons.

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