Chemical weapons

New Syrian chemical weapons find could help prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, experts say

Syrian Authorities have detained 18 individuals suspected of involvement in operating and managing the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.

A drawing exhibition by a group of young men and women depicting various scenes related to the chemical attack, during an event commemorating the 12th anniversary of the attack on August 21, 2025 in Moadamiyat Al-Sham, Syria.
Ghouta residents commemorate the 12th anniversary of the chemical attack on August 21, 2025 in Zamalka, Syria. On 21 August 2013 President Bashar al-Assad ordered strikes on two opposition-controlled areas of Ghouta, in the suburbs around Damascus.

Syria establishes task force to find and destroy last 'Assad-era chemical weapons'

Chemical weapons disposal [file]

Syrian officials find remnants of chemical weapons program from Assad regime era - report

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.

Artificial intelligence firms hire experts in explosives, chemical weapons


Ex-security official: Israel seeks to avoid Russian interests in Syria

Former National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror said that Russia "can't complain" if Israel targets Iranians in Syria.

Civil defense help a man from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 22, 2018.

Analysis: Strike in Syria shows Netanyahu follows through on threats

The message of Israel's alleged strike on Homs is clear: Israel has interests and intends to act upon them.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit of an army base in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah January 10, 2017

U.S. pushes U.N. action on Syria gas attacks after Trump threat

The Syrian government and its key ally Russia have denied involvement in the attack on Douma.

A girl looks on following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma, Syria in this still image from video obtained by Reuters on April 8, 2018

Timeline of Syria’s chemical weapons investigations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.