Saraqib chemical attack | |
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Part of the Syrian Civil War | |
Type | Sarin attack |
Location | Saraqib, Idlib Governorate, Syria 35°51′52″N 36°48′27″E / 35.86444°N 36.80750°E / 35.86444; 36.80750 |
Date | 29 April 2013 (UTC+03:00) |
Casualties | 1 killed 10 injured |
The Saraqib chemical attack is an alleged attack that was reported to take place in Saraqib in Idlib Governorate in Syria on 29 April 2013.[1] A further attack occurred in February 2018, during which, according to the United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT), “at least one cylinder” of chlorine gas was dropped, spreading “over a large area” and affecting at least 12 Syrians on the ground. The IIT attributed the attack to Syrian government military, specifically the Syrian Arab Army's Tiger Forces.[2][3]