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The gruesome images out of syria are putting a spotlight on the humanitarian crisis. once again a warning that this footage is disturbing. death toll estimates running upwards of 80 and there are new questions tonight about the survivors. how are they being treated and what do their injuries reveal about the kind of chemical weapons that were used? a british doctor in the region shot video from inside a medical clinic. the video is graphic, but it sheds some light into spotlight on what people are facing. take a look. >> this is not chlorine. we do not smell chlorine on this patient. we've see...

With that type of attack. >> hospitals and emergency services were targeted immediately after the attack. many of the injured had to be evacuated to turkey. the u.n. envoy to syria described the attack as horrific. >> what we have understood is it was a chemical attack and it came from the air. we will be seeking all those who have the capacity to find out what happened. >> observers say a chemical agent may have been dropped in an air strike. it's an opposition held area and government forces have continued to target rebels there. the u.n. has accused the syrian government of carrying out gas...

Where the headquarters of opcw are on to around aleppo. at the same time, we're seeing videos or claims of gas attacks in eastern aleppo. these are by, you know, videos that have come out from activists. we've heard this from medical staff on the ground. they say there's been several cases over the past week, including last night where the barrel bombs, infused with what they claim to be chlorine gas dropped by the regime. they say in one incident, allegedly a family of six has been killed. now, we're not on the ground. it is very difficult to verify these claims. but at the end of the day, it...

Become a graveyard. 80 have died. that doesn't stop them from coming. they brave the choppy seas. we watched as boat after boat arrived at the shoreline fleeing the horrors behind them. the gas attacks and barrel bombs of assad and the beheadings of isis. ahead of them, though, lies a continent which is struggling to cope and which in some cases doesn't want them. this tragic journey is only possible due to a massive underground railroad and human traffickers charge $1500 for the one-hour journey giving the desperate refugees a life jacket, putting them in a boat with a small motor and simply ...

Say they will also direct $20 million in humanitarian aid to syrian refugees. reports in one border crossing with hungary shows the scene relatively calm tonight. this evening we look at the danger migrants face as they try to find a better life. benjamin hall reports from greece. >> reporter: for many refugees, the idyllic island of lesbos is the land they so hope will embrace them. we saw them today as they came over, one after another, fleeing the horrors behind them, joining what has become the biggest mass migration of people since the second world war. more tragic scenes, yet another boa...