Deadly gas attack reported on civilians in a Syrian rebel enclave

• At least 35 civilians are reported dead in an alleged chemical attack on a rebel-held Syrian town.
• Activists and journalists took to Twitter to share disturbing and graphic videos showing scores of dead bodies with white foam around their mouths and noses.
• The US State Department said it was monitoring the situation and that Russia is to blame if chemical weapons were used.
• Syrian state media denied that government forces had launched any chemical attacks.

A Syrian rebel group accused government forces on Saturday of launching a deadly chemical attack on civilians in a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta, and a medical relief organization said 35 people had been killed in chemical attacks on the area.

Syrian state media denied government forces had launched any chemical attack and said rebels in the eastern Ghouta town of Douma were in a state of collapse and spreading false news.

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