casualties

A railway official said they were empty and being transported to collect any possible casualties.

They clashed with security forces, reportedly resulting in dozens of civilian casualties, including patients and medics, was well as damage to the hospitals.

The UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said he was "deeply alarmed" by "very troubling reports of civilian casualties" in Syria's coastal areas.

However, history tells us that those firing the opening shots in a trade war also suffer heavy casualties.

The casualties included four female patients at a hospital in the city centre.