August 2013 Ghouta chemical attack

When

21 Aug 2013

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

281

Coordinates

33.52° N, 36.35° E

Description

series of chemical attacks in Syria on 21 August 2013

2013 gas attack during the Syrian Civil War

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. It was the deadliest use of chemical weapons in Syrian conflict and since the Iran–Iraq War. Two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin.

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