US-led coalition strikes IS store with chemical weapon in Deir-ez-Zor, hundreds dead

The US-led coalition has struck an ISIS store with chemical weapons, as the Syrian General Staff has reported.

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The Air Forces have struck headquarters and stores of the Islamic State in the area of Jalta near the city of Deir-ez-Zor (420km away from Damascus). As a result, hundreds of people were poisoned.

According to the SANA agency, the Syrian Armed Forces Command stated that hundreds of people died, including peaceful civilians.

'Aircraft of the so-called coalition struck the IS store where great quantity of oversea mercenaries were kept at about 17.30-17.50. A white cloud and then a yellow one appeared at the sight, which evidences great amount of poisoning substances. Fire was burning till 22.30,' communique says.

The fact confirms that ISIS terrorists and Jabhat al-Nusra have chemical weapons and possibility of its appliance, purchase and transfer, as it is noted in the document.

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