Jouri was born with congenital disorder as result of chemical raid on al-Bayyada and al-Khaledia neighborhoods of Homs, year ago, laboratory analysis revealed.
Mohamed Wael Obeid, Jouri's Father, who fled to Jordan months ago was described the raid which left 7 people killed and tens of wounded.
''Bashar al-Assad has used chemical gas on his own people, killing
as many as 150 Syrians.''
France and Britain
have already said lab tests of samples from Syria showed the regime had
resorted to chemical weapons.
Inhaled or absorbed
through the skin, the gas kills by crippling the respiratory center of the
central nervous system and paralyzes the muscles around the lungs.
The combination results in death by suffocation, and sarin can also be used to contaminate food or water supplies, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which notes that antidotes exist.
The Syrian regime is
believed to control hundreds of tones of various chemical agents, according to
Leonard Specter of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
The Syrian regime also has the means to deliver its chemical agents, with Scud missiles, artillery shells and aerial bombs, according to defense analysts.
However, Damascus has
refused to allow United Nations experts access to investigate the chemical
weapons allegations despite appeals by UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
Nerve agents are generally quick-acting and require only simple chemical techniques and inexpensive, readily available ingredients to manufacture.
Even Sarin when it does not kill, it effects can cause permanent harm, damaging a victim's lungs, eyes and central nervous system.
Reporting by Faris al-Refai
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