Syria's darkest hour: Hundreds of children's bodies piled high after nerve gas attack near Damascus leaves up to 1,300 dead
- Activists claim 1,300 killed in government rocket strike on residential area
- If
true, it would represent the worst known use of chemical weapons since
Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds in the town of Halabja in 1988
- Chemical warheads hit suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar
- They hit just before dawn as families lay sleeping
- A UN team is in Syria to probe chemical weapons use by President Assad
- Many countries have called for an immediate investigation
- French Foreign Minister has called the attack an 'unprecedented atrocity'
- William Hague said hopes attack will 'wake up some' who support Assad
- Claims come as refugees flood into Iraqi Kurdistan
Caution: lots of dead bodies including children are shown.
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