Chemical weapons

Artificial intelligence firms hire experts in explosives, chemical weapons

Anthropic is seeking a Policy Manager for Chemical Weapons and High-Yield Explosives with at least five years of experience.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of an old gas mask that according to local residents was left behind by Russian soldiers inside a building that normally houses a variety of businesses including an agricultural machinery repair company, in Bucha, Ukraine April 19, 2022.
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

Syria unveils plan to rid country of Assad's chemical weapons stockpile

Syria has unveiled a plan to eliminate Assad's chemical weapons with international support. The operation will inspect 100 sites to track and destroy remaining toxic munitions.

|ByREUTERS
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Pahlavi or Khamenei: Iran is at a crossroads - opinion

The West keeps mistaking regime survival tactics for reform; the Iranians know better and have paid with their lives.

|ByMANI BASHARZAD, MIKE SALEM
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters

Reports from UK officials suggest Iran used chemical substances to control protesters. Alleged delayed health reactions lead to deaths days later, sparking international concern.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELI LEON, MAARIV

Timeline of Syria’s chemical weapons investigations

APRIL 9, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The world has been dealing with Syria's chemical weapons for the past five years

Don’t let Syria’s chemical-weapons attack go unpunished

If the international community allows this attack to pass without punishment then we will see more attacks in Syria with chemical weapons.

APRIL 8, 2018ByMOHAMMED RUZGAR
An image grab from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows an unidentified volunteer holding an oxygen mask over a child's face at a hospital following a reported chemical attack on the rebel-held town on April 8, 2018

Defense minister: Israel will likely have to go it alone on Syria

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman also slammed the global community's willful ignorance of events in Syria while they criticize Israel's actions on the Gaza border.

APRIL 8, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Defense Minister Liberman tours northern border

Chief Rabbi calls for action against Syrian ‘genocide’

His comments came after a chemical attack in the rebel-held city of Douma was apparently carried out by the Syrian regime, leaving dozens of people dead.

APRIL 8, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall

As Trump blasts Syria chemical attack, official hints at military response

"I wouldn't take anything off the table," White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Thomas Bossert said in an interview on ABC's This Week.

APRIL 8, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER, AVRAHAM GOLD
An image grab from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows an unidentified volunteer holding an oxygen mask over a child's face at a hospital following a reported chemical attack on the rebel-held town on April 8, 2018

Dozens reported killed in suspected Syria gas attack, Damascus denies

The civil defense rescue service, which operates in rebel-held areas of Syria, estimated the death toll to be as high as 150 in a report

APRIL 8, 2018ByREUTERS
Man with a child in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Britain says Russia secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attack

Britain and Russia have each expelled 23 diplomats over the attack as relations between the two countries crash to a post-Cold War low.

MARCH 18, 2018ByREUTERS
Emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018.

Russia to expel UK diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

Russia has denied any involvement, cast Britain as a post-colonial power unsettled by Brexit, and even suggested London fabricated the attack.

MARCH 16, 2018ByREUTERS
Russia's flag flies from the consular section of its embassy, in central London, Britain March 14, 2018.

Report: Nerve agent planted in luggage of Russian agent's daughter

Britain has said the toxin was Novichok, a lethal nerve agent first developed by the Soviet military.

MARCH 16, 2018ByREUTERS
Emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018.

North Korea denies chemical weapons link with Syria

"As we have clearly said several times, our republic does not develop, produce and stockpile chemical weapons and opposes chemical weapons themselves."

MARCH 2, 2018ByREUTERS
Chemical weapons disposal [file]