Kurdish Officials: Rebels May Have Used Chemicals in Aleppo

Kurdish health officials say civilians and fighters wounded in this week’s shelling of Kurdish forces by Syrian rebels are showing signs of chemical weapons injuries. “We received four people yesterday who had serious wounds,” Welat Memo, a physician with the Kurdish Red Crescent told VOA from Aleppo. “We can’t tell what’s been used against them, but they’re vomiting and having difficulty in breathing." The symptoms are consistent with the use of chlorine gases, the Red Crescent...

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