Reported 1300 dead in Chemical attack in Syria

In what is a new low in the Syrian Civil war happening over 2 years now, reports are coming in that the Syrian Government reportedly used poison gas on its own citizens. Estimated death toll is reported to be in 1300's. If the toll comes out true, this will be the worst poison gas causalities in the last 25 years since Saddam Hussein used it against the Kurds in 1988.

Bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region are seen in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus. 

The Syrian government meanwhile denies doing anything of that sort saying that it won't do it against its own citizens "even if it had it". The UN team is on its way to the site as this is been updated. Western Nations including the UK have called for n emergency security council meeting while Syria's closest allies expressed 'concern' but said it was skeptic of the claims.

Images and videos coming out of the site show many of the casualties are women and children. They arrived with their pupils constricted, cold limbs and foam in their mouths. The doctors say these are typical symptoms of nerve gas victims.

To be noted is that Syria is one of just a handful of countries that are not parties to the international treaty that bans chemical weapons, and western nations believe it has caches of undeclared mustard gas, Sarin and VX nerve agents.

Timing of the allegations though are surprising given that a team of UN investigators just landed in the country 3 days ago and are yet to leave. "At the least, it wouldn't be very clever." said Rolf Ekeus, a retired Swedish diplomat who headed a team of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq in the 1990s.

More updates to follow.

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