Syria gas attack

Gas attack reported on Syrian rebel enclave, Damascus denies

On Saturday evening, the US State Department said it was monitoring the situation and that Russia should be blamed if chemicals were used.

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A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.

Kurdish YPG: Turkish army hit village in Syria's Afrin with suspected gas

A spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin told Reuters that a Turkish bombardment caused six people to suffer breathing problems and other symptoms indicative of a gas attack.

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A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.

Rescuers in rebel-held Syrian area accuse gov't of gas attack

It said patients said the smell around the attack site resembled chlorine.

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Syrian opposition accuses Assad's forces of new poison gas attack

Activists posted a video on YouTube of four men being treated with oxygen. A voice off-screen said Assad's forces used "poison gas in Harasta."

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