21 August 2013
Ghouta Chemical Attack
A large chemical attack using sarin kills civilians in opposition-held areas around Damascus.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ghouta in Syria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A large chemical attack using sarin kills civilians in opposition-held areas around Damascus.
Provenance
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