(Reuters-Telegraph-UK) Syrian activists have accused government forces of killing hundreds of people in a nerve gas attack near Damascus. Medical sources said at least 213 people, including women and children, had been killed in the assault by Assad forces on rebel-held areas of the Ghouta region east of Damascus. Activists said the area had been bombarded with rockets loaded with chemical agents.
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