MMSL 2016, 85(1):39-43 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.006

SYRIA CONFLICT AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS: WHAT IS THE REALITY?Review article

Jiří Patočka ORCID...1,2*
1 Institute of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2 Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

The Syrian civil war is a shameful matter for the contemporary world. It is full of suffering for the civilian population and is one of the causes of the current huge migration of Syrian people in Europe. Suffering of people affected by the war is still escalating due to use of banned chemical weapons. The entire civilized world is appalled by the atrocities of the Syrian civil war.

Keywords: Syrian civil war; chemical weapons; victims, sarin; mustard gas; chlorine

Received: February 3, 2016; Revised: February 16, 2016; Published: March 4, 2016  Show citation

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Patočka, J. (2016). SYRIA CONFLICT AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS: WHAT IS THE REALITY? MMSL, 85(1), 39-43. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.006
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