ISIS victims suffer as evidence of chemical attacks grows
QAYYARA - The skin on five-year-old Doaa's legs, arms and neck is blackened and hard even weeks after the attack. She is still in severe pain and tries not to touch anything or move too much.
Doaa was playing in the courtyard when a rocket fired by Islamic State landed and exploded in the neighbour's garden, emitting a toxic gas, her father Abdallah Sultan and other residents said.
Around a month after the blast, a strong burning smell still pervades the air and stings the nose. The wall next door is black and all the plants in a small vegetable patch have died. Part of the rocket, which the families avoid touching, is left on the ground. The rest has been removed by rescue workers.
"We don't know what the substance in the warhead was. All we know is that it made Doaa break out in blisters all over her body, and she's not got better," 33-year-old Sultan said.
