One day the situation in Syria, similarly to the one in Guatemala, became acrid, the citizens contravened against each other, and a civil war broke out because of the election of a possible new president, or in the case of Guatemala a military coup. The situation went out of hand; my hometown, Damascus — one of the oldest continually inhabited cities known for its multicultural and international community cuisine — became a wasteland. Teenagers caught who were writing …show more content…
These chemical weapons were no ordinary weapons; it doesn’t look like anything much at first. It’s not spectacular. Above all, it’s not detectable. And that was the aim of the weapon, by the time the rebels realized what was happening the poison had already entered their body, it was too late. And then the symptoms appeared. It happened just a few meters away from me. I watched the men cough violently and hearing them scream in agonizing pain was terrifying. Soon after they started to experience difficulty breathing and soon after lost