Sarin
Videos
Sarin is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Rabbit used to check for leaks at former sarin production plant (Rocky Mountain Arsenal), 1970
U.S. Honest John missile warhead cutaway, showing M134 Sarin bomblets (c. 1960)
Ghouta chemical attack
Videos
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 wa
Sarin
…March 2013: Khan al-Assal chemical attack; Sarin was used in an attack on a town west of Aleppo city in Syria, killing 28 and wounding 124. August 2013: Ghouta chemical attack; Sarin was used in multiple simultaneous attacks in the Ghouta region of the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria during the Syrian Civil War. Varying…
Areas affected by the attack
Victims of the Ghouta massacre
A RPU-14 multiple rocket launcher, of a type that may have launched M-14 munitions found by UN inspectors on 26 August at a site in Moadamiyah
Demonstration against the Assad regime on the second anniversary of Ghouta massacre in Hannover, 21 August 2015