Opposition activists accused Bashar al-Assad’s forces of a new poison gas attack in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, posting footage of four men being treated by medics, Reuters reported on Wednesday, April 16th.
They said the chemical attack, the fourth the opposition has reported this month, was in the Harasta neighborhood.
Reuters could not independently verify the footage or the allegation due to restrictions on reporting in Syria.
Activists posted a video on YouTube on Wednesday of four men being treated with oxygen.
A voice off-screen gave the date and said Assad’s forces used “poison gas in Harasta.” It did not say if there were fatalities.
The face of one of the men appeared to be covered in vomit. He was shown shaking and moaning as doctors treated him.
The voice off-screen said chemical weapons were also used in Harasta on Friday.
More than 150,000 people have been killed in the civil war, which began as peaceful protests against Assad’s rule, a third of them civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Millions have fled the country.
On Sunday, activists posted photographs and video they said showed an improvised chlorine bomb to back up claims that Assad’s forces used chemical weapons in Kfar Zeita.