(Source: REUTERS)Victims of a suspected chemical attack in Syria appeared to show symptoms consistent with reaction to a nerve agent, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The United States has said the deaths were caused by sarin nerve gas dropped by Syrian aircraft. A Russian Defence Ministry spokesman did not say what agent was used in the attack but said the rebels had used the same chemical weapons in Aleppo last year. Hundreds of civilians died in a sarin gas attack in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus in August 2013. Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons in 2013 under a deal brokered by Moscow and Washington.

Source: Indian Express April 05, 2017 11:48 UTC