Wounded, but is Bashar Al Assad free to act with impunity . Cash dead. Dead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Many children are among the victims of a suspected Chemical Attack on a town in syria. At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. Both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. The attack was focused on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in idlib province. The Un Security Council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. This report by our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. This boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, hes showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. The victims lungs were badly affected. Rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. The attack happened
Wounded, but is Bashar Al Assad free to act with impunity . Cash dead. Dead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Many children are among the victims of a suspected Chemical Attack on a town in syria. At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. Both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. The attack was focused on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in idlib province. The Un Security Council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. This report by our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. This boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, hes showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. The victims lungs were badly affected. Rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. The attack happened
Wounded, but is Bashar Al Assad free to act with impunity . Cash dead. Dead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Many children are among the victims of a suspected Chemical Attack on a town in syria. At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. Both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. The attack was focused on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in idlib province. The Un Security Council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. This report by our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. This boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, hes showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. The victims lungs were badly affected. Rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. The attack happened
Wounded, but is Bashar Al Assad free to act with impunity . Cash dead. Dead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Many children are among the victims of a suspected Chemical Attack on a town in syria. At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. Both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. The attack was focused on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in idlib province. The Un Security Council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. This report by our Middle East Editorjeremy Bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. This boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, hes showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. The victims lungs were badly affected. Rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. The attack happened
Western governments seem to be in no doubt that president Bashir Al Assad is responsible for what appears to be a deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Idlib Province which has killed dozens of people including at least eleven children and injured hundreds more. The foreign secretary Boris Johnson said if proved then it is a war crime. The Un Security Council is holding an Emergency Meeting tomorrow to discuss the attack. If assad is the culprit, something the Syrian Regime denies, then it is surely evidence that he believes he can act with impunity not least because russia is his ally, and the white house has recently stated its priority is not removing assad but defeating is. But today the white house pointed the finger of blame at barak obama saying that these heinous actions are a consequence of the last administrations weakness and irresolution. President obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of Chemical Weapons and then he did nothing. Before we discuss the