1st LD: Syrian army denies using chlorine gas in attack near Damascus

DAMASCUS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army denied using chlorine gas during battles in eastern Damascus on Saturday.

The army said reports circulated about an attack with chlorine gas on the rebels in the Ayn Tarma neighborhood in the eastern countryside of Damascus are mere lies.

This comes as activists reported that 30 people suffered suffocation after a Syrian army chlorine gas attack in Ayn Tarma. Enditem