London, Aug. 21 (SANA) The UK delegation to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday marked the 13th anniversary of the chemical weapons attack in Damascus’ Ghouta, honouring the victims and renewing its commitment to preventing the use of such weapons.
“Thirteen years after the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, Damascus, we remember and honour the victims who were killed and harmed,” the delegation said in a post on X.
“Their suffering reinforces our commitment to uphold the Chemical Weapons Convention & ensure chemical weapons are never used again,” it added.
On August 21, 2013, the ousted regime carried out a large-scale sarin attack on Eastern and Western Ghouta, one of the deadliest chemical weapons attacks during the war in Syria.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented 1,144 deaths, including 99 children and 194 women, and about 5,935 people suffering respiratory symptoms and suffocation.
Since the country’s liberation, the Syrian government has been pursuing those involved in the use of chemical weapons. The Interior Ministry has arrested several officers and officials implicated in the chemical weapons file under the ousted regime, ahead of legal proceedings.
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