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'

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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


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.

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.

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."

Chemical weapons disposal [file]

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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