There are concerns that al-Assad's government forces might use chemical weapons, like poison gas in its fight against rebels in Syria's ongoing civil war.
" And even if there were, " the Savage added, with sudden contemptuous resentment, people would kill them out of helicopters, I suppose, with poison gas or something. I wouldn't do that, Lenina.
Three days later, Russian special forces ended the crisis by assaulting the rebels after filling the theater with the type of poison gas, but experts say dozens of the hostages also died as a result.