A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus

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A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus
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A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country's capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to this day.

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Arbeeni, his parents, his siblings and their families, as well as a neighbor — 23 people in all — rushed into the only room in their home without windows and closed the door. He remembers them saying they should cover their nose and mouth with a cloth soaked in water with white vinegar, and breathe through that.

Despite Obama’s threat, in the end, Washington settled for a deal with Moscow for Russia-backed Assad to give up his chemical weapons’ stockpile. The new authorities in Syria are led by the jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which late last month

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