Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
The Ghouta chemical attack occurred in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war, in the early hours of 21 August 2013. Two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin. Estimates of the death toll range from at least 281 people to 1,729. The attack was the deadliest use of chemical weapons since the Iran–Iraq War.