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

U.N. report links North Korea to Syria’s chemical weapons program

“We knew stuff was going on. We really wanted to up the game on chemical weapons programs, and we just weren’t able to get what we needed to do so."

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise to learn how to treat victims of chemical weapons attacks, in a course organized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Gaziantep, Turkey

Britain may join U.S. strikes against Syria if chemical weapon use proven

The United Nations accused the Syrian government of being responsible for an attack that used sarin gas.

FEBRUARY 27, 2018ByREUTERS
Man with a child in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Health workers report chlorine gas symptoms after Damascus bombing

Opposition health authorities reported at least 18 victims had been treated for chlorine gas symptoms.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018ByREUTERS
A civil defense member reacts at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Turkey calls accusations about chemical weapons usage 'baseless'

Turkey last month launched an air and ground offensive in Afrin, northern Syria, where hthey are said to be fighting primarily against Kurds.

FEBRUARY 17, 2018ByREUTERS
A Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighter in Afrin, Syria

Nikki Haley slams Russia for failing to act against Syria chemical attacks

Chemicals dropped from the air caused at least nine people to suffer breathing problems in an attack in northwest Syria.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018ByREUTERS
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East

Air strikes pound Syria's last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians

The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a charity which supports hospitals in Syria, said its doctors in Idlib reported 11 patients 'with symptoms indicative to usage of chlorine.'

FEBRUARY 6, 2018ByREUTERS
Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Germany sold technology to Iran for use in Syrian chemical attacks

A German firm's chemical and biological technology was purchased by Iran and allegedly used against Syrian civilians.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
UN chemical weapons experts inspect alleged chemical samples from an attack in Syria, 2013

Rescuers, doctors in Syria's Idlib say chemical gas used

Two barrels containing chemical gasses had been dropped from helicopters on Sunday night, according to Radi Saad, who works on the chmical weapons team of the White Helmets.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByREUTERS
The aftermath of a Russian warplane shot down by Syrian rebels in Idlib, Syria

'Post' uncovers Israeli medical treatment of Syrian gas attack victims

Rebels and two sources confirm casualties of a chlorine attack near the Hermon in Syria sought treatment in Israel.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Defense Minister: Israel will do what it takes to protect her citizens

Syria accuses Israel of striking military research center believed by analysts to produce chemical weapons.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Hezbollah fighter walk near a military tank in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 23, 2017.