Alwaght- Terrorist and militant groups in Syrian city of Aleppo used chemical weapons to attack civilian regions on Sunday.
The chemical attacks by terrorists in Aleppo left scores of civilians and soldiers injured in the eastern neighborhoods of the city, Syrian national army said.
On Sunday, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces released a statement announcing that the city’s al-Nairab district and its surroundings areas were targeted by militant mortar shells containing chlorine.
The chemical weapons were used to hinder recent advancements by Syrian army in the south and west parts of Aleppo where large numbers of terrorists were killed.
The statement added that such cowardly actions will only serve to increase the Syrian army’s determination to purge the terrorists from the country.
Aleppo has been divided since 2012 between government forces in the west and the militants in the east. Backed by Russian air cover, the Syrian army launched operations to purge the militants from the city in September.
This is not the first time the militants have launched chemical attacks on the city. On November 3, they hit Minyan in west Aleppo with a toxic attack, injuring eight people and on October 31 they hit the city’s suburbs injuring 48 more.
Since March 2011, Syria has been hit by foreign-backed militancy it blames on some Western states and their regional allies. Backed by Russian air cover, the Syrian military is engaged in an operation to rid the country of ISIS and other terrorist groups.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura have put the death toll from the conflict at more than 300,000 and 400,000, respectively. This is while the UN has stopped its official casualty count in the Arab country, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.
