Attacks on Ghouta
Subtitle: analysis of alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
ISBN-13: 9781623130534
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Human rights; Chemical arms control; Nerve gases; Toxicology; Chemical Warfare; Chemical Warfare Agents; Chemical weapons
Other titles: Analysis of alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
Description: "This 22-page report documents two alleged chemical weapons attacks on the opposition-controlled suburbs of Eastern and Western Ghouta, located 16 kilometers apart, in the early hours of August 21, 2013. Human Rights Watch analyzed witness accounts of the rocket attacks, information on the likely source of the attacks, the physical remnants of the weapon systems used, and the medical symptoms exhibited by the victims as documented by medical staff. The evidence concerning the type of rockets and launchers used in these attacks strongly suggests that these are weapon systems known and documented to be only in the possession of, and used by, Syrian government armed forces"--
Notes: "September 2013"--Table of contents page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online via the Human Rights Watch Web site.
Table of contents: title: Maps --; title: Summary --; title: Methodology -- -- I.; title: The August 21 attacks on Ghouta --; title: Moadamiya, Western Ghouta --; title: Zamalka, Eastern Ghout --; title: Death toll -- -- II.; title: Identification of the weapons used in the attacks -- -- III.; title: Identification of the nerve agent used in the attacks -- -- IV.; title: Responsibility for the August 21 attacks --; title: Syrian government forces responsibility for the attacks -- -- V.; title: Syria and chemical weapons under international law.