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KUWAIT, Aug 21 (KUNA) -- At least 635 people have been killed in a nerve
gas attack on Syria's Eastern Ghouta, activists at the Local Coordinating
Committees announced Wednesday morning.
The committee issued several statements reporting that hundreds of people
were wounded in the attack on rebel-held areas of eastern Damascus. Syrian
fighter planes were flying over the area after the bombardment. They accused
the forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of using chemical agents.
Calling upon the international community and international humanitarian
organizations to take immediate actions to rescue civilians in Ghouta, and
eliminate the medical and food sanctions imposed on the area.
The news coincides with a visit to Damascus by a United Nations team of
chemical weapons experts. (end)
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