Chemical weapons were used on August 21, 2013, in Damascus, the capital of Syria, and according to the UN report, around 1400 civilians lost their lives in this attack.
The report summarizes the following information;
- Over 50 survivors were interviewed, including patients, victims, paramedics, and first-aid workers.
- Ammunition and its parts were documented
- The evidence was examined in survivors exposed to the toxin
- Biomedical samples (hair, urine, blood) were collected and analyzed.
- Around 30 soil and environmental samples have been collected and analyzed.
The resulting analytical facts are as follows;
- Surface-to-surface missiles contaminated with sarin gas have been found that capable of carrying chemical material stuck in the ground and detonated;
- It has been determined that the surrounding area is contaminated with sarin gas near the area of the impact area of the rocket where survivors are found;
- Several survivors were clearly diagnosed with organophosphate poisoning and had signs of poisoning;
- The traces of sarin and sarin markers are positive almost all the blood samples taken from the survivors
