Over 60 people killed in alleged chemical attack in Syria: aid group

Suspected chemical attacks over the weekend killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 1,000 in Syria's rebel-held eastern Ghouta, a Syrian medical relief group said on Monday.

The death toll is likely to rise, according to the Union of Medical Care Organizations, a coalition of international aid agencies that funds hospitals in Syria and is partly based in Paris.

"The numbers keep rising as relief workers struggle to gain access to the subterranean areas where gas has entered and hundreds of families had sought refuge," the group said in a statement.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government for the attack, saying there would be a "big price to pay."

(REUTERS)