The Sarmin chemical attack was a chlorine attack that took place on 16 March 2015, in the village of
Sarmin in the
Idlib Governorate
Idlib Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Idlib'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay province to the north, Aleppo Governorate to the east, Hama ...
of Syria.
Background
On 6 March 2015, the
United Nations Security Council adopted resolution
Resolution 2209, which condemns the use of chlorine as a weapon, and threatened to use force if it was used again.
Attack
At the time of the attack the town was under the control of
Ahrar al-Sham
Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...
.
[ The village was struck by a chemical attack around 22:30 to 23:00 when two "barrel bombs" reportedly were dropped by helicopters on the village.]
Responsibility
A year-long United Nations and OPCW inquiry found there was sufficient information to conclude that the Syrian Arab Air Force had used "makeshift weapons deployed from helicopters" that contained chlorine on the town of Talmenes in April 2014 and the town of Sarmin in March 2015.[
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Victims
A family of six, including three children under the age of three and their grandmother, died.[
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See also
* Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
References
{{Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War
Chemical weapons attacks
Idlib Governorate in the Syrian civil war
Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving chemical weapons