(Jason Aldag,joyce lee/The Washington Post)The Washington Post spoke to people inside a heavily bombarded suburb of Damascus, Syria. The truce would allow for civilians to evacuate the besieged suburb via a “humanitarian corridor,” he said. Footage released by the Syrian American Medical Society on Feb. 25 showed the aftermath of an alleged chlorine gas attack in Ghouta, Syria. [U.N. Security Council approves 30-day humanitarian cease-fire in Syria]On Sunday, Syria’s government launched a ground offensive and a suspected chlorine bomb attack against the enclave. “Eastern Ghouta cannot wait,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2018 13:05 UTC