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The truth about Douma: How Syria covered up a chemical attack
On April 7, 2018, the Syrian town of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, was targeted by a chemical attack. Evidence pointed to the Syrian regime, yet proof vanished, and eyewitnesses went silent.
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On April 7 2018, the Syrian town of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, was hit by a chemical attack that investigators linked to the Syrian regime, though definitive proof later disappeared and witnesses fell silent. Eight years after the strike, FRANCE 24 reporter Jenna Le Bras returned to the area to locate and interview survivors and other eyewitnesses. The report documents their accounts of the deadly incident.
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