The UN held an emergency meeting over allegations that chemical weapons were used in an attack today that reportedly killed at least 100 people. Syrian opposition groups blamed the regime for the attack, and some claimed that over 1,000 were killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said massive regime bombardments in the Ghouta area southeast of Damascus killed at least 136 people, and urged investigation into chemical weapons allegations. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied rebel battalions attacked villages in Hasakah and in Raqqah.
