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INHUMAN ACT: A Syrian doctor treating a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, Syria.
INHUMAN ACT: A Syrian doctor treating a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, Syria.

Paris - Calls for international action after airstrike spews lethal gas in rebel-held areas of Idlib province

By AFP

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Published: Tue 4 Apr 2017, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Wed 5 Apr 2017, 1:19 AM

A suspected chemical attack that killed at least 100 civilians in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Tuesday has prompted widespread outrage and calls for international action.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an air strike in Idlib province which released "toxic gas" was likely carried out by government warplanes, a charge the regime denied.
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said the "horrific" attack was believed to be chemical and launched from the air. She told reporters in Brussels there should be a "clear identification of responsibilities and accountability".
The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator at peace talks, Mohamad Sabra, said the attack cast new doubt on the UN-led peace process.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that "this kind of inhuman attack was unacceptable".
Presidential sources said Erdogan told Putin by phone that the attack threatened peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana.
French President Francois Hollande accused the Syrian regime of a "massacre".
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault earlier called for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting over the attack, which he described as "monstrous".
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the attack and said it bore the "hallmarks" of a regime action.


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