On Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces allegedly launched a chemical gas attack that resulted in the deaths of 1,300 people near Damascus, Syria, according to a Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition. An authoritative number of casualties has been difficult to report as demonstrated by the wide range of casualty numbers being reported by various sources.
The claim of chemical weapon attacks and the number of casualties could not be independently verified. However, several photos surfaced of the aftermath of the attack, which can be viewed below.
Warning: The photographs below are graphic in nature.
A woman in Damascus vomits after surviving what activists say was a gas attack.ReutersSurvivors from what activists say is a gas attack take shelter inside a mosque in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.ReutersA view shows bodies of people whom activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta area, in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.ReutersSurvivors from what activists say is a gas attack rest inside a mosque in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.ReutersA view shows a man whom activists say was killed by nerve gas in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka.ReutersA view shows bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta area, in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.ReutersChildren who survived what activists say is a gas attack is seen along a street in DamascusReutersA view shows the body of a boy activists say was killed by nerve gas in Damascus' suburbs of ZamalkaReutersA view shows bodies of children activists say were killed by nerve gas in Damascus' suburbs of ZamalkaReutersA view shows bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in Damascus' suburbs of ZamalkaReutersRelatives and activists inspect the bodies of people they say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of DamascusReutersA view shows bodies of children activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of DamascusReutersA man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus.ReutersSyrian activists inspect the bodies of people they say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of DamascusReuters
