‘Most of them were going to die’: Syria aid workers tell of apocalyptic scenes‘Most of them were going to die’: Syria aid workers tell of apocalyptic scenesAid workers and local medics have described apocalyptic scenes in the besieged city of Douma, the site of a chemical attack that has killed at least 42 people, as they scrambled to save the survivors of the latest atrocity in Syria. Doctors, nurses and rescuers say they found themselves battling to save people who arrived from 7.45pm on Saturday bearing symptoms of a possible toxic gas attack, without medical equipment or supplies to ease their suffering. Play Video 1:27 Aftermath of suspected chemical attack rebel-held Douma in Syria - videoThe attack came almost exactly a year after the deadly sarin gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhun, which prompted the US to launch Tomahawk missile strikes against a Syrian airbase. I’ve been working in this hospital for five years and those last two days, I haven’t seen anything like it.”Another medic who treated the alleged chemical attack victims said he could no longer find the words to describe the scene. Syrian state media denied claims that government forces had launched a chemical attack and said rebels in Douma were in a state of collapse and spreading false news, describing it as “chemical attack fabrications”.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2018 16:13 UTC