Syrian Government And Revolutionaries Trading Blame Over Chemical Attack

Syria’s government and rebels have traded accusations of a chemical attack on a northern village near Aleppo.

US officials, however, said on Tuesday there was no evidence of any such attack.

The regime, whose allegation was backed by ally Russia, said 31 people were killed, including 21 civilians and 10 soldiers.

The accusations emerged only a few hours after the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad elected a prime minister to head an interim government that would rule areas seized by rebel forces from the regime.

State-run news agency SANA said more than 100 have been wounded, some of them in critical condition.

SANA published pictures showing casualties, including children, on stretchers in what appears to be a hospital ward.MORE