A devastating 2013 chemical attack in Syria's Ghouta region shocked the global community
The 2013 chemical attacks in Syria's Ghouta region utilized deadly nerve agents against civilians, sparking a global crisis and leading to a high-stakes international agreement to dismantle the nation's chemical arsenal.
In the early hours of August 21, 2013, several opposition-held areas in the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus were struck by rockets containing the nerve agent sarin. The attack killed hundreds of people, many of whom were children, and left thousands more suffering from horrific respiratory failure. It remains one of the deadliest uses of chemical weapons since the 1980s.
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