- LocationGhouta, SyriaAttack typeChemical attack
- The Ghouta chemical attack occurred in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war. Forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched rockets containing the chemical agent sarin on two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus, resulting in the death of more than 1,400 Syrians, including many children1234.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war. Two opposition -controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta_chemical_attackA team of UN chemical weapons inspectors have confirmed that the nerve agent sarin was used in an attack on the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus on the morning of 21 August. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the UN Security Council that he believed the attack constituted a war crime.www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23927399Eight years ago, on the early morning of August 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children.www.state.gov/syria-eighth-anniversary-of-the-gho…A United Nations team probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria has found “clear and convincing evidence” that Sarin gas was used in an incident that occurred on 21 August in the Ghouta area on the outskirts of Damascus in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed.news.un.org/en/story/2013/09/449052
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