On April 4th, a chemical attack struck Syria. Chemicals were dropped onto the sleeping country, and at least 1,400 people were killed. Many of the victims were little children.
Rebel groups (including one linked to al-Qaeda) along with the Syrian government have been linked to this chemical bombing.
Symptoms of the chemical attack including yellow saliva and foam coming out of the victims’ mouths, constricted pupils, blue facial skin and lips, shortness of breath, and asphyxiation. BBC News stated that “One boy was filmed suffocating on the ground, his chest heaving and his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Photographs show dead children lined up in rows on the floor or piled in heaps in the back of a vehicle, their clothes ripped from them by rescuers who used hoses to try to wash the chemicals from their bodies.”
This proves that innocent people are dying as a result of the Syrian war, and not just this one, but any war. Hopefully in the future, most wars will be resolved and the violence that affects so many can change.
Citations:
1.)http://www.economist.com/news/21720252-dictator-defies-world-bashar-al-assad-kills-least-72-chemical