Rebels Distribute Gas Masks Amid Claims of Chemical Attacks

Reports of aerial bombardment and the use of chemical weapons against rebel groups emerged on July 7, only a few days after allied militia groups seized Aleppo’s Scientific Research area from regime forces. Aleppo-based activist groupS and armed groups making up the Fath Halab, or Aleppo Liberation, alliance said illegal chemical weapons, chlorine in particular, were used.

Footage from Aleppo-based Nourredine Zanki Movement shows gas masks being distributed among fighters. Other footage shows fighters in a hospital, described as suffering the effects of inhaling the chemicals used against them in Aleppo.

Storyful cannot confirm the use of chemical weapons in the attacks. Credit: حركة نور الدين الزنكي (Noureddine Zanki Movement)