Children made up a third of the victims, according to Save the Children, which also reported a second likely gas attack

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-4-2017

Victims of Syrian Gas attack. Photo: A_Almghyr/Twitter

The international community sat aghast on Tuesday as images emerged of Syrian children choking to death after a suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people in the rebel-controlled northern province of Idlib.

According to reporting, at least 60 were killed and hundreds more are being treated for exposure. Survivors of the attack said that war planes dropped toxic gas at dawn over the village of Khan Sheikhun, where, the Guardian notes, “there are thousands of refugees from the nearby province of Hama who have fled recent fighting” between government forces and the Islamic State (ISIS). Continue reading →