Douma chemical attack

Douma chemical attack
Part of the Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018), Siege of Eastern Ghouta, Syrian civil war
The graffiti "Syriar Debshishu" (lit. 'Syria's children of God') depicting a girl putting a gas mask on her sibling's face to protect her from chemical gas, drawn in 2018 in response to the attack, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh[1]
TypeChemical warfare,[2]: 9.12  airstrike[3]: 3.1 
Location
Douma, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria

33°34′16″N 36°24′17″E / 33.57111°N 36.40472°E / 33.57111; 36.40472
Date7 April 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-07)
19:30 [4] (UTC+03:00)
Executed by Syrian Arab Air Force [a][5][6]
OutcomeUS, UK, France launch retaliatory missile strikes
Casualties41[7][8][2]: 9.5 –49[4] reported killed
100[9]–650[4] injured
Douma is located in Syria
Douma
Douma
Location of Douma within Syria

On 7 April 2018, a chemical warfare attack was launched by the forces of the government of Bashar al-Assad in the city of Douma, Syria.[2]: 9.12  Medics and witnesses reported that it caused the deaths of between 40 and 50 people[2]: 9.5 [7]: 971 [8] and injuries to possibly well over 100.[9][4] The attack was attributed to the Syrian Army by rebel forces in Douma, and by the United States, British, and French governments.[10][11] A two-year long investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) concluded in January 2023 that the Syrian Air Force perpetrated the chemical attacks during its military campaign in Douma.[a] On 14 April 2018, the United States, France and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes against multiple government sites in Syria.

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  3. ^ OPCW Technical Secretariat (2018). Note by the Technical Secretariat Update on the Fact-Finding Mission in Syria (PDF) (Report). Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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  7. ^ a b Naqvi, Yasmin (7 February 2019). "Crossing the red line: The use of chemical weapons in Syria and what should happen now" (PDF). International Review of the Red Cross. 99 (906): 959–993. doi:10.1017/S1816383118000450. S2CID 150958989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Syria war: Chlorine likely to have been used in Douma attack – OPCW". BBC News. 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b Chemical attack of 7 April 2018 (Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria) (PDF) (Report). Paris: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères. 14 April 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Trump says ordered precision strikes against Syria chemical weapons". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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