Syrians retrieve ‘sleeping’ dead after alleged chemical attack kills more than 500 people, including scores of children
PLEASE PRAY FOR SYRIA Syrians retrieve ‘sleeping’ dead after alleged chemical attack kills more than 500 people, including scores of children (In Picture: This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man helping a woman as she mourns over the dead bodies of children after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. .) Warning: Graphic images and content BEIRUT — The men, women and children lying undisturbed in their beds had looked so peaceful they might have been just sleeping, Abu Nidal thought, as he and other rescuers dragged their bodies into the street. His was one of many accounts of a massive assault on the eastern suburbs of Damascus that activists say killed more than 500 people on Wednesday morning. They say some of the bombs were loaded w...