After the  government denied the army used chemical weapons against the densely populated eastern region of  on Wednesday, armed forces heavily bombed the neighborhood yesterday. Reports say anywhere between 100 and 1,300 people were killed in Wednesday's alleged chemical attack, but there are no reports of injuries or deaths in yesterday's bombings. Many of those killed appeared to be children. Some of the pictures and video coming out of the country don't show blood and dismembered bodies, but instead show, according to witnesses, those who died from apparent suffocation; some were foaming at the mouth and others were having convulsions. One video posted to  purportedly shows a young girl who survived the alleged attack, yelling "I’m alive, I’m alive." At one point, according to , the girl even tries to convince the hospital official she is still alive. The bombings come as  observers began to arrive to investigate claims of chemical weapons use elsewhere in the nation. According to  officials, the Syrian government is ready to give UN observers "maximum cooperation" while they perform their investigation.
After the Syrian government denied the army used chemical weapons against the densely populated eastern region of Damascus on Wednesday, armed forces heavily bombed the neighborhood yesterday. Reports say anywhere between 100 and 1,300 people were killed in Wednesday's alleged chemical attack, but there are no reports of injuries or deaths in yesterday's bombings. Many of those killed appeared to be children. Some of the pictures and video coming out of the country don't show blood and dismembered bodies, but instead show, according to witnesses, those who died from apparent suffocation; some were foaming at the mouth and others were having convulsions. One video posted to YouTube purportedly shows a young girl who survived the alleged attack, yelling "I’m alive, I’m alive." At one point, according to , the girl even tries to convince the hospital official she is still alive. The bombings come as United Nations observers began to arrive to investigate claims of chemical weapons use elsewhere in the nation. According to Russian officials, the Syrian government is ready to give UN observers "maximum cooperation" while they perform their investigation.
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