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NCRI –\u00a0In an interview with INTV from near Idlib, Dr. Mohamed Foras al-Jendi, Health Minister of the Syrian transition government, stipulated the high number of casualties in the Khan Sheikhoun attack was due to Assad\u2019s use of toxic gas, adding the number of casualties may rise.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt 6:42 am on Tuesday, Sukhoi warplanes of the Syrian regime\u2019s air force bombed the northern areas of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province.<\/p>\n
Displaced locals of northern Hama Province were living there and the bombing led to a high number of casualties suffering from toxic gas. There were nearly 560 casualties, including more than 100 martyrs,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese casualties were transferred to field, private, and general hospitals across Idlib Province. Due to the high number and urgent need for care, the hospitals were not able to provide care for all of the patients and some were transferred to Turkey\u2026 They were suffering from suffocation, breathing difficulties, lung disorders and convulsions,\u201d al-Jendi continued.<\/p>\n Families died in their homes and in the streets. Those who rushed to provide help, including a number of White Helmets members, suffered from gas effects, reporters on the ground said.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 8 am on Tuesday, I called the hospital. A large number of people had been hurt after the chemical attack. They were transferred to the hospital and most of them showed symptoms of sarin gas,\u201d said Dr. Ahmed al-Asad, a physician in Khan Sheikhoun, in an interview with INTV.<\/p>\n \u201cSome patients had symptoms caused by chemical substances. Some had their heart beats and breathing stop. Nearly seven people died the moment they reached the hospital. More than 50 people were brought to the hospital and many were in dire conditions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing the defeat suffered by Assad and Iran\u2019s proxies, who were trying to gain victories on the ground, and after the heavy blow they received in north Hama, they staged planned air attacks on various vital centers and residential areas filled with civilians to get the highest number of innocent civilians killed,\u201d said Ahmed Abu Osama, a spokesman of the Free Syrian Army in Idlib in an interview with INTV.<\/p>\n \u201cThat the massacre was staged by this criminal regime\u2019s warplanes in Khan Sheikhoun is the best proof of these crimes because Assad\u2019s warplanes targeted Khan Sheikhoun with missiles carrying chemical substances. 100 martyrs and 400 suffocated, most of them being women and children,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCRI – In an interview with INTV from near Idlib, Dr. Mohamed Foras al-Jendi, Health Minister of the Syrian transition government, stipulated the high number of casualties in the Khan Sheikhoun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-22502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-human-rights","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n