In light of claims that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad carried out deadly chemical attacks on rebel-held areas outside Damascus on Wednesday, it is worth noting that journalists for the French newspaper Le Monde reported in May that they had witnessed repeated chemical attacks on rebel forces in that same region.

The journalists, who “spent two months clandestinely in the Damascus area alongside Syrian rebels,” first reported their findings in an article by Jean-Philippe Rémy accompanied by a gripping video report recorded during an attack.



Guerre chimique à Damas by lemondefr

The article, which Le Monde later translated into English, began: