Chemical weapons

Iran used 'white phosphorus incendiary' in drone attack, Kurdish dissident group claims

“Based on eyewitness observations, medical examinations, and extensive fires caused at the targeted site, the munitions employed in the drone attack are believed to have contained white phosphorus."

Unexploded ordinance, an artillery shell containing white phosphorous, is detonate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Theodor Herzl at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, July 5, 2026

Iran 'definitely' has chemical weapons despite nuclear setbacks, Netanyahu warns

Flowers and candles are arranged next to pictures of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial, in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin on February 17, 2026.

UK sanctions Russians that allegedly developed chemical weapons used to kill Navalny

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 20, 2026.

Russia approved secret China military training at top level, sources say


WHO says making contingency plans for possible 'chemical assaults' in Ukraine

"Given the uncertainties of the current situation, there are no assurances that the war will not get worse," WHO's European head Hans Kluge said.

UN chemical weapons experts inspect alleged chemical samples from an attack in Syria, 2013

Biden says Putin is weighing use of chemical weapons in Ukraine

Biden claimed Russia's false accusations that Kyiv had biological weapons illustrated that Putin is considering using them himself.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden at the White House this week – tough decision to make.

Reports in Russian media accuses Ukraine of sabotaging chemical plant

Several Russian media outlets have accused Ukrainian forces of sabotaging the Avdiivka advanced chemistry plant in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

 People are seen near cars, which locals said were burned during recent shelling, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 28, 2022.

Poland: Putin using chemical weapons in Ukraine - a NATO game-changer

Poland's President Andrzej Duda warns that NATO would have to think "seriously" about how to respond of Putin uses chemical weapons in Ukraine.

 POLISH PRESIDENT Andrzej Duda.

Russian forces may use chemical weapons, says Ukraine’s envoy to OPCW

“Possibility of provocation, such as blowing up industrial tanks with chemicals.“

 Fire fighters extinguish fire in an oil depot that Ukraine's State Emergency Services say was caused by Russian strikes in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine March 7, 2022 in this still image obtained from a handout video.

French-Syrian arrested for alleged delivery of chemical weapon parts to Syria

The AFP said the suspect, who was arrested on Saturday in southern France, was born in 1962 and lives outside of France.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Did Turkey use chemical weapons in northern Iraq?

BEHIND THE LINES: While no conclusions regarding the veracity of these claims can, at this stage, be drawn, the substantive issue at hand is whether they will even be investigated.

 IRAQI KURDS burn the Turkish flag during a demonstration outside the UN building in Erbil in protest of Turkey’s incursion in Syria in October 2019.

The message behind ‘Israel airstrikes on Syrian chemical weapons’? - analysis

The Washington Post published a story revealing that Israeli carried out strikes on chemical weapons facilities in Syria.

Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria May 10, 2018.

Israeli airstrikes targeted chemical weapons facilities in Syria - report

Israel reportedly ordered the airstrikes after intelligence reports suggested Syria was rebuilding its chemical weapons capabilities.

 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, July 20, 2017

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech - German intel

The report said Iran’s regime can use “Detour deliveries over ‘third states’ in order not to identify the final buyer” and “the use and misuse of inexperienced freight deliverers and transporters."

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.