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He's a "trusted and hitherto reliable source who does not wish to be identified."
Syria's military said a "home-made locally-manufactured rocket was fired".(It) contain(ed) a form of chlorine known as CL17."
The "warhead contained a quantity of the gas. (It was) dissolved in saline solution." Khan al-Asal was attacked. It's southwest of Aleppo.
Government forces control it. Jihadists attacked a Syrian army-controlled checkpoint. "The immediate effects were to induce vomiting, fainting, suffocation and seizures among those in the immediate area."
A local hospital medic said "he personally witnessed Syrian army helping those wounded and dealing with fatalities at the scene. That Syrian soldiers were among the reported 26 deaths has not been disputed by either side."
"The military source who spoke to Channel 4 News confirmed that artillery reports from the Syrian Army suggest a small rocket was fired from the vicinity of Al-Bab, a district close to Aleppo that is controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra - a jihadist group said to be linked with al-Qaeda"."
Chlorine is harmful when mixed with water. It forms hydrochloric acid. It vaporizes quickly. It's easily used as a chemical device. It's not powerful enough to cause mass casualties.
Syrian accounts square with "some key agreed facts." They include relatively few casualties and jihadists' access to chemicals.
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