Chemical security

Islamist Terrorists Use Chlorine in Attack on Syria's Aleppo

Victims of a chemical attack carried out in the south of Syria’s Aleppo Governorate show all signs of chlorine poisoning, a doctor from a Red Crescent hospital in Aleppo said.

Earlier, a spokesman for Syrian Kurds confirmed in an interview with Sputnik that some cases of gas poisoning had been registered among the civilian population and Kurdish militias following the attack.

"The victims brought to the hospital are suffering from spasms and convulsions because of poisoning by gases banned all over the world, such as chlorine," the Red Crescent doctor said.

The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) have confirmed to RIA Novosti that a gas attack was carried out in the city of Aleppo, blaming it on "Islamist militants acting under the protection of Turkey." YPG vowed to inform both Russian and US ceasefire monitoring centers in Syria of the incident.