Syria Government accused of using Chemical Weapons.

At least five people have been killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital, Damascus, opposition activists say.

The victims reportedly suffocated to death after government rockets and barrel bombs struck the rebel-held suburb of Muadhamiya on Tuesday.

Purported videos of the aftermath of the attack show several bodies with no visible external injuries.

But one security source denied that the military had used chemical weapons.

Hundreds were killed when rockets filled with the nerve agent sarin were fired at Muadhamiya and other Damascus suburbs in 2013. Western powers said only the government could have been responsible, but it blamed the rebels.

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