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A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network shows bodies of children laid out on the ground in a makeshift morgue as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21. AFP PHOTO

BEIRUT: Syria’s main opposition group accused the government of “massacring” more than 1,300 people in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus on Wednesday, as the United Nations (UN) Security Council called for “clarity” and expressed “strong concern” over the allegations.

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