worry and fear still in the air, literally. and i wanted to talk to you about the air and water quality there around the blast site right now. they have been measuring that, haven t they? what s going to happen to people who live nearby, particularly those who lost their homes? reporter: that s right. the officials have been keeping telling us they have been monitoring the water and air quality the day after the blast and the readings they have been getting from the stations they have set up in this area, the levels indicating everything is dropping to normal levels but this reassurance is not convincing a lot of people especially homeowners who used to live around here. some of them have staged protests two days in a row now, gathering outside a government press center demanding answers as well as compensation. i talked to some yesterday. they were saying to me, when
longer be such a huge factor and really a negative influence on iraqi fl iraqi political developments with his sectarianism. syrian watchdog and aid groups say the government has carried out a series of deadly air strikes on a rebel-held town. at least 82 people were reported killed and 250 wounded in the blast in a suburb northeast of damascus. this video shows the aftermath of the attacks. activists say ambulances were on alert before the shelling but the number of wounded overwhelmed field hospitals. the international committee of the red cross just released an alarming assessment of the civil war in yemen. thousands have died there and the intense fighting has left behind what the red cross a catastrophic humanitarian situation. michael holmes has more.
agency officials say it is safe to live here. the air quality and water quality, they have been measuring since the day after the blast, the readings have come back to normal levels, they say. and that s what they are telling people. it s safe to drink the water here. it s safe to breathe in the air here. but this line of argument has not convinced a lot of residents especially those who lived nearby. some are staging protests outside a government press center two days in a row. they want answers and coverization from the authorities. they say when they bought the apartments no one told them they would be living next to a ticking time bomb. they said how can such a project with so much dangerous chemical material be stored so close to residential areas with thousands of residents. they want the government to buy back their apartments and give them answers to questions that