Missile warhead loaded with chemical weapons near Damascus

Syrian network for Human rights posted photo showed a missile's warhead loaded with chemical weapons that Syrian forces used to shell Jobar neighborhoods of Damascus and it shows the serial number of the missile.

At least 1,500 people have been killed in a nerve gas attack By Bashar al-Assad Army on Ghouta region on Wednesday.

The attack was on rebel-held areas of eastern Damascus.

“Regime forces ... stepped up military operations in the Eastern Ghouta and Western Ghouta zones of the Damascus region with aircraft and rocket launchers, causing several dozen dead and wounded,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP news agency.

The intensive bombing on the outskirts of the capital could be heard by residents of Damascus, where a grey cloud capped the sky.

Syria's conflict began in March 2011 largely as peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It escalated into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.

More than 200,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to Syrian Human rights NGO's and 1.7 million Syrians have been forced to flee to neighboring countries, one million of them are children, the United Nations says.