The World Health Organization says Victims of the suspected chemical attack appeared to show symptoms consistent with reaction to a nerve agent.
Putting the death toll at at least 70, the body says “Some cases appear to show additional signs consistent with exposure to organophosphorus chemicals.
Also participants at an EU-brokered conference on the future of Syria observed a minute of silence for the victims , which include children.
The Brussels conference comes as Syria’s civil war enters its seventh year, raging on, and in large part due to the inability of regional and global powers to agree on how to end it.
