Almost 12 years since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, suicide cases in the north-west of the country more than tripled in the first half of 2022 as the deadly use of “gas pills” becomes more widespread.
Gazing into the distance as he speaks, Hani Al-Qutini from the city of Khan Shaykhun, south of Idlib, is remembering the relatives he lost to suicide from ingesting so-called gas pills.
“Abdul Hamid, my relative, used to make many suicide threats, he said he could not continue his life in this world”, he told The Mirror.
