Activists say Syria army kills 6 in gas attack, military denies it
An activist group said on Tuesday government forces had carried out a poison gas attack that killed six people in the northwest, and medics posted videos of children suffering what they said was suffocation, Reuters reported.
A Syrian military source described the report of an attack in the village of Sarmin in Idlib province as propaganda. "We confirm that we would not use this type of weapon, and we don't need to use it," the source said.
The Syrian government has previously denied accusations that it has used chemical weapons in the four-year-old war.
An army statement said many militants were killed in other areas of Idlib province overnight in clashes.