Syria gas attack

Death toll rises to 70 in Syria air strikes

Renewed air strikes hit the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, leaving 70 civilians dead in around 24 hours, as regime troops pressed an offensive to pressure rebels to withdraw.

UN holds crisis meeting after Syria 'chemical attack'

The United Nations is holding an emergency meeting as the world expresses horror at the suspected chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that killed dozens of people and left others gasping for breath and convulsing in the streets and overcrowded hospitals.

April 8, 2018
April 8, 2018

Death toll rises to 70 in Syria air strikes

Renewed air strikes hit the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, leaving 70 civilians dead in around 24 hours, as regime troops pressed an offensive to pressure rebels to withdraw.

April 5, 2017
April 5, 2017

UN holds crisis meeting after Syria 'chemical attack'

The United Nations is holding an emergency meeting as the world expresses horror at the suspected chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that killed dozens of people and left others gasping for breath and convulsing in the streets and overcrowded hospitals.

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