Home News Breaking News  '355 died in Syria chemical attack'
Some 355 people who showed "neurotoxic symptoms" died following
the suspected chemical weapons attack this week near Syria's
capital, Doctors Without Borders says.  The Paris-based
humanitarian aid group said that three hospitals it supports in
the Damascus region reported receiving roughly 3,600 patients
who showed such symptoms over less than three hours on
Wednesday.   Anti-government activists accuse the Syrian
government of carrying out the toxic gas attack on the eastern
suburbs of Damascus and have reported death tolls ranging from
136 to 1,300.  Meanwhile Syrian state media has accused rebels
of using chemical arms against government troops trying to storm
a contested area of Damascus, claiming a major army offensive in
recent days had forced the opposition fighters to resort to such
weapons "as their last card."   The claims could muddy the
debate about who was responsible for an alleged gas attack on
rebel-held suburbs of the capita.  Jus