Current events practice

What's being discussed in this article?
The article is discussing an attack on a girl's school in the middle east. It is describing what happened and then raised the question to whether or not there was an actual attack and not just mass hysteria. It is said to believe that the poison gas attack was from militant groups against educating woman.

When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?)
The event was recent, August.

What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?
I do not have any questions that would clarify the article. The article talks about what happens, why it did and if it has happened before.

Which news worthy events do you remember from your life time?

A news worthy event in my life time was when England won the rugby world cup. It changed the rest of my school year and the whole energy in the country was increased. The second was when the twin towers were attack, it effected the whole world. Even though I was in a different country it was plastered every were. Another news worthy event was when the tsunami hit Asia. It was important and effected a lot of people, I lived in Asia when the tsunami and it was everywhere. 

A news worthy event event for my mom also when the twin towers were hit. The towers falling was the most important news story in the world in 2001. Another news worthy event was Vietnam war/cold war, it was effecting everyone and was so important during the 60's-70's. The final news worthy event was the Iraq war. It has been effected a lot of people and all over the news.