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The Memory of the Eastern Ghouta Massacre in Syria: Ongoing Pain...
The Memory of the Eastern Ghouta Massacre in Syria: Ongoing Pain
The Eastern Ghouta massacre on August 21, 2013, is not just a memory—it was a day when the regime annihilated its people using chemical weapons, internationally banned arms, and sarin gas without mercy, all to keep a ruler in power, a ruler whose seat is stained with the blood of innocents.
It is worth noting that Eastern Ghouta was one of the first areas from which the peaceful Syrian revolution emerged before it became armed, with protests calling for the overthrow of the regime. The massacre was an act of retaliation against this, especially since the area had fallen out of Assad's control in 2012 and was subjected to a year-long siege that led to a humanitarian crisis where residents suffered from hunger.
The Syrian Interim Government issued a statement condemning the chemical massacre that took place in Eastern Ghouta on August 21, 2013, which resulted in the death of 1,144 people, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
The statement read: "Today marks the 11th anniversary of the chemical massacre in Ghouta, perpetrated by the criminal Assad regime, which stands as one of the most heinous massacres in modern history."
The government explained in its statement that "at dawn on August 21, 2013, regime forces launched a rocket bombardment campaign targeting various areas in the towns of Eastern Ghouta with rockets loaded with chemical warheads. This led to the martyrdom of more than 1,500 people, most of them women and children, and caused thousands of others to suffer from asphyxiation."
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The statement added: "Despite the brutality of the crime, the international community merely condemned and denounced it without taking any deterrent measures against the perpetrators. This emboldened the Assad regime to commit more massacres and use chemical weapons again, as occurred in Khan Sheikhoun and Al-Lataminah in 2017."
The government's statement pointed out that "the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed the Syrian regime's responsibility for many chemical attacks, yet it remains unpunished to this day."
The statement concluded by emphasizing the necessity of holding the Syrian regime accountable for its crimes, stressing that the Syrian people will not accept anything less.
