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February 15, 2017

HRW: Syrian Gov't Repeatedly Used Chlorine Gas Against Aleppo Residents
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Human Rights Watch says the Syrian government repeatedly and
systematically deployed the chemical weapon chlorine gas against
residents in Aleppo during the final weeks of a siege and battle to
retake the city from anti-government rebels late last year. The report,
released Monday, accuses Syrian military helicopters of dropping
chlorine gas canisters on residential neighborhoods at least eight
times. Last week, Amnesty International published a shocking report
accusing the Assad government of engaging in a "deliberate policy of
extermination" by hanging thousands of civilians at the Saydnaya prison
near Damascus.


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