MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. At least 21 people were hospitalized in Syria after developing symptoms of toxic gas poisoning, the SANA news agency said in a Twitter post on Saturday night.

According to the agency, the victims sought medical assistance after a town in the Hama governorate was shelled by militants.

Last week, a woman was killed and four people were injured when militants fired mortar shells at the town of Saklabiya in the Hama governorate.