Dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the Syrian city of Aleppo after regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on an opposition-held district Tuesday (September 6th), AFP reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombs hit the Sukkari neighbourhood and that more than 70 people, "most of them civilians", were left choking and needed treatment.
The opposition Aleppo Media Centre charged on its Twitter account that Sukkari was the target of a chlorine attack.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman was unable to confirm the claim but said that no one was killed in the strikes.
A Sukkari resident told AFP a "very strong smell" filled the neighbourhood after it was hit by a barrel bomb and that he and others had difficulty breathing.
