Survivors Of 2013 Syria Chemical Attack Seek Justice

Hussein Arbeeni, 41, right, speaks with his brother Hassan Arbeeni, 42, right, outside their house at an alley that was hit by the sarin struck during a 2013 chemical weapons attack that was blamed on

A Syrian family residing in Zamalka, a suburb near Damascus, recalls the harrowing experience of surviving a chemical weapons attack in August 2013. The attack, attributed to government forces under then-President Bashar Assad, targeted several Damascus suburbs, including Zamalka, claiming the lives of hundreds.

The Arbeeni family vividly remembers locking themselves in a windowless room as sarin gas, a highly toxic nerve agent, enveloped their neighborhood. The gas, capable of causing death within minutes, left them struggling to breathe, with stinging eyes and racing hearts.