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The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) reported over 500 injured people at Douma "were brought to local medical centers with symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent." [33] SAMS also said a chlorine bomb struck a Douma hospital, killing six people, and that another attack with "mixed agents" affected a building nearby. [34]
It said the attack had involved 15 to 20 missiles with chemical warheads at around 02:45 on 21 August, targeting residential areas between Douma and Zamalka in Eastern Ghouta. It claimed that the 155th Missile Brigade had used 9K52 Luna-M missiles, M600 missiles, or both, fired from Kufeyte, while other rockets with a 15- to 70-kilometer range ...
The Jaysh al-Islam rebel group, which controlled Douma at the time, [19] along with several medical, [20] monitoring, and activist groups, including the pro-rebel White Helmets (Syria Civil Defence), all reported that two Syrian Air Force Mi-8 helicopters had dropped barrel bombs.
2015 Douma massacre. On August 16, 2015, the Syrian Air Force [5] launched strikes on the rebel -held city of Douma, northeast of Damascus, killing at least 96 people and injuring at least 200 others. [2][6][7] It was one of the deadliest attacks to have occurred during the Syrian Civil War. [3]
On 16 September, the U.S.-led coalition officials said Russian warplanes had bombed U.S.-backed militants in Deir ez-Zor, U.S. Special Operations Forces advising the SDF being "at most a couple of miles" away from where the bomb struck; the statement was denied by the Russian defence ministry. [364] [365] [366]
Aerial bomb dropped by military airplane of the Syrian Arab Air Force [99] 25 March 2017 Al-Lataminah: Hama: app. 15:00 Syrian opposition: 3 32 Chlorine [100] [101] [102] Cylinder dropped on the hospital by a helicopter of the Syrian Arab Air Force [99] 30 March 2017 Al-Lataminah: Hama: app. 6:00 Syrian opposition: 70+ Sarin [103]
The Rif Dimashq clashes were a series of unrests and armed clashes in and around Damascus, the capital of Syria, from November 2011 until a stalemate in March 2012. The violence was part of the wider early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war. Large pro-government and anti-government protests took place in the suburbs and center of Damascus ...
Helicopters were bombarding the district, leading to at least 12 casualties. [17] On 22 August, residents and activists reported heavy shelling in the southern Damascus districts of Kfar Souseh, Darayya, Qadam and Nahr Aisha. At least 40 people were killed in the shelling, which was accompanied by attacks from helicopters, and in ensuing ground ...