The Syrian military says the US-led alliance in Syria bombed a toxic chemical storehouse belonging to Islamic State jihadists, causing a yellow cloud to rise into the air and killing hundreds of civilians.
The claim, made by the official SANA news service, is not immediately confirmed by any other sources.
According to SANA, the coalition “carried out an airstrike against a position of ISIS terrorists” on Wednesday evening “in the village of Hatla to the east of Deir Ezzor, causing a white cloud that became yellow as a result of the explosion of a huge store that includes a large amount of toxic materials.”
The purported airstrike “killed hundreds, including large numbers of civilians, due to the suffocation resulted from inhaling toxic substances.”
The government in Damascus drew international opprobrium and a US missile strike last week after Western governments accused the Assad regime of employing the nerve agent sarin in bombings in the town of Khan Sheikoun in the northern Idlib province, killing over 80 people, including some 27 children.
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