Chemical attack in Syria kills dozens

A Syrian child receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017.

A Syrian medic runs for cover during airstrikes that hit a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, 2017. The town was hit by new airstrikes days later on April 8.

Syrian children receive treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman after a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people, including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms.

A Syrian man is taken by civil defense workers to a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman after a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed dozens of people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Khan Sheikhoun had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms.

An unconscious Syrian child is carried at a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province, after a suspected toxic gas attack on April 4, 2017. The attack killed dozens of civilians, including several children, in rebel-held northwestern Syria, a monitor said, with the opposition accusing the government and demanding a United Nations investigation.

A Syrian man receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017.

An unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town in northwest Syria’s Idlib province, after a suspected toxic gas attack on April 4, 2017. The attack killed dozens of civilians, including several children, in rebel-held northwestern Syria, a monitor said, with the opposition accusing the government and demanding a United Nations investigation.