The attack caused many people to choke or faint, and some had foam coming out of their mouths, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing medical sources who described it as a sign of a gas attack. The air strikes on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the south of rebel-held Idlib, also wounded more than 60 people, said the Observatory, a British-based war monitoring group. Mounzer Khalil, head of Idlib's health authority, said the attack had killed more than 50 people and wounded 300. The Syrian military source denied allegations that government forces had used chemical weapons, dismissing the accounts as rebel propaganda. Warplanes continued to pound the town after the attack, including near a medical point where victims were being treated, the Observatory said.

Source: Egypt Independent April 04, 2017 05:48 UTC