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| Dozens of people were killed, including women and children. Witnesses described traumatic scenes. Graphic photographs and videos posted online showed people struggling to breathe. |
| The U.S. and European powers have blamed President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which denied responsibility, and are expected to seek condemnation from the U.N. Security Council. |
| A White House spokesman dismissed regime change as impractical. |
| https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/us/politics/syria-bashar-al-assad-trump.html?emc=edit_mbe_20170405&nl=morning-briefing-europe&nlid=73143833&te=1&_r=0 |
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| • A Spanish judge ordered the seizure of properties controlled by Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the Syrian president. |
| The order came out of a money laundering investigation, carried out jointly by France and Spain, that has traced his wealth to Syrian state coffers. www.mesop.de |