We are disturbed by the recent allegations of granulation screw barrels Suppliers the use of toxic chemicals in Aleppo,” said a statement by the director-general of the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Uzumcu.More than 70 people were left choking on Tuesday after regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on a rebel-held district of the war-ravaged city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The bombs left people in need of treatment, the British-based monitor said, adding most were civilians.

The Opposition Aleppo Media Centre said on its Twitter account that the Sukkari neighbourhood was the target of a chlorine attack. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman was unable to confirm the claim, but said no one was killed in the strikes. A Sukkari resident said a “very strong smell” filled the neighbourhood after it was hit by a barrel bomb and that he and others had difficulty breathing.. “Such allegations are taken very seriously.Both sides in Syria’s complex civil war have traded accusations of attacks against civilians and use of unconventional weapons including chlorine and mustard gas.The world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday that it was “disturbed” by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in Aleppo after dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the S The world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday that it was “disturbed” by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in Aleppo after dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the Syrian battlefront city. The use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances is unacceptable,” he added in a statement