• Girls who survived what activists describe as a gas attack rest inside a mosque in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus. Reuters
    Girls who survived what activists describe as a gas attack rest inside a mosque in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus. Reuters
  • Syrian state television alleged soldiers found chemical materials in tunnels that had been used by rebels, rejecting blame for a nerve gas attack that killed hundreds amid heightened calls for foreign intervention. Reuters
    Syrian state television alleged soldiers found chemical materials in tunnels that had been used by rebels, rejecting blame for a nerve gas attack that killed hundreds amid heightened calls for foreign intervention. Reuters
  • Hundreds of children, including this boy sheltering inside a mosque, were affected by the suspected gas attack. Reuters
    Hundreds of children, including this boy sheltering inside a mosque, were affected by the suspected gas attack. Reuters
  • Syrians who live in or have fled to Jordan hold an image of an alleged chemical attack victim as they protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman. EPA
    Syrians who live in or have fled to Jordan hold an image of an alleged chemical attack victim as they protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman. EPA
  • A Syrian soldier holds his AK-47 with a sticker of President Bashar Al Assad and Arabic that reads, "Syria is fine", as he stands guard at a check point on Baghdad street in Damascus. AP
    A Syrian soldier holds his AK-47 with a sticker of President Bashar Al Assad and Arabic that reads, "Syria is fine", as he stands guard at a check point on Baghdad street in Damascus. AP
  • A boy recovers in hospital after the suspected gas attack. AP
    A boy recovers in hospital after the suspected gas attack. AP
  • Syrian women who live in Lebanon hold a vigil after the alleged chemical weapons attack on the suburbs of Damascus, in front the UN building in Beirut. AP
    Syrian women who live in Lebanon hold a vigil after the alleged chemical weapons attack on the suburbs of Damascus, in front the UN building in Beirut. AP
  • Smoke rising above buildings after what Syrian rebels claimed to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus. Shaam News Network
    Smoke rising above buildings after what Syrian rebels claimed to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus. Shaam News Network
  • People carry the body of a civilian on a stretcher after the alleged gas attack in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. Reuters
    People carry the body of a civilian on a stretcher after the alleged gas attack in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. Reuters

In pictures: Syria's chemical weapons attack


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