Aleppo attack: Syria calls UN to take action against militants

Syria's foreign ministry urged the United Nations on Sunday to take action after a suspected gas attack by militants that injured more than 100 people in Aleppo city.

The government "calls on the Security Council to immediately and strongly condemn these terrorist crimes ...(and take) deterrent, punitive measures against the nations and regimes that support and fund terrorism," it said in a statement.

(With inputs from agencies.)