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Syria chemical attack: Russia defends ally Assad as death toll reaches 72

The death toll in the suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday even as Russia defended Damascus in face of an international outcry. Activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria’s six-year long civil war. Even as the rescue operation was underway, renewed airstrikes hit the town of […]