Syria’s chemical weapons activity

The suspected chemical attack in Douma – the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta – is the latest in a string of similar deadly assaults since an attack in August  2013 that killed more than 1,400 people

Aug 21, 2013: Rockets carrying nerve agent sarin and other chemicals hit towns of Ain Tarma, Jobar, Muadamiya and Zamalka, killing 1,429 people
Nerve agent
Chlorine
Mustard gas
Phosphorus
Other chemical weapon 

SYRIA
LEBANON
ISRAEL
JORDAN
TURKEY
Damascus
Deir al-Zour
Raqqa
Mediterranean Sea
Homs
Palmyra
Kobane
Dandaniya
Mare’
Avdiko
Hama
Latakia
Aleppo
Idlib
Ghouta
Irbin
Adra
Hayan
Sheikh
Maqsood
Khan al-Asal 
Douma
Jobar/Ain Tarma
Zamalka
Wadi
Barada
Saraqib 
T4 Military Airbase
Darayya
Muadamiya
Salqin
Al-Tamanah
Qminas
Khan Sheikhun
Sarmin
Binnish
Al-Lataminah
Kafr Zita
Halfaya
Qasr Abu Samrah
Al-Bayadah
60 miles
100km


Sources: Arms Control Association, AFP, White House
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