‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma

Amina Habya shows a photo of her husband, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, all killed in a chemical weapon attack on Eastern Ghouta on August 21, 2013 [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Eastern Ghouta, Syria – Amina Habya was still awake when she heard screaming outside her window in Zamalka, Ghouta, on the night of August 21, 2013.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad had just fired rockets filled with sarin gas at Zamalka, and people were shouting: “Chemical weapon attack! Chemical weapon attack!”