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Dozens Wounded in Poison Gas Attack in Syria

AP

Dozens of people in a rural village in Syria were victims of a poison gas attack, Israel Hayom reports.

Both sides of the civil war reported the attacks.

What exactly happened Friday in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province some 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Damascus, remains unclear and likely won't be known for some time. It took United Nations weapons inspectors months to say it was likely some chemical weapons attacks happened last year, including an August attack that killed hundreds and nearly sparked Western airstrikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. […]

But online videos posted by rebel activists from Kfar Zeita echoed earlier images that sparked a world outcry, showing pale-faced men, women and children gasping for breath at a field hospital. They suggest an affliction by some kind of poison -- and yet another clouded incident where both sides blame each other in a conflict that activists say has killed more than 150,000 people with no end in sight. […]

State-run Syrian television blamed members of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front rebel group for the attack, saying they used chlorine gas to kill two people and injure more than 100. It did not say how it confirmed chlorine had been used.

Published under: Chemical Weapons , Syria