Turkish outrage mounts as doctors point to neurotoxin in Idlib attack
In Turkish hospitals, medical staff including a team from Doctors Without Borders report mounting evidence that victims of yesterday's attack may have been exposed to sarin or a similar toxin.
Victims of yesterday’s suspected chemical attack in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province continue to receive treatment in Turkey amid growing signs that they may have been exposed to the banned toxin sarin. The injured are being treated at several private and state hospitals in Antakya, Reyhanli and Iskenderun, according to a statement from the office of the governor of the border province of Hatay.
Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag confirmed that 30 people had been brought to Turkey, which is home to nearly 3 million Syrian refugees, for treatment. “We have some findings of a chemical attack. We are documenting the findings and will send them to the World Health Organization,” Akdag said.
Two of the victims brought to Turkey have died.
A team from Doctors Without Borders treating the victims found patients’ symptoms were “consistent with exposure to an agent such as sarin gas,” the charity said in a statement.
