Syria chemical weapons

Syria arrests former officer accused of overseeing production of sarin bombs

Potential charges could include murder and participation in the use of prohibited weapons, as well as war crimes or crimes against humanity if supported by evidence. 

Former Syrian army Col. Ahmad Habib Ali is seen in detention following his arrest by Syrian authorities. Syria's Interior Ministry says he supervised the production of sarin-filled aerial bombs used in attacks between 2013 and 2017.
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Syrian officials find remnants of chemical weapons program from Assad regime era - report

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, attends the preparatory ministerial meeting for emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, Qatar September 14, 2025.

Qatar, Ireland accuse Israel of using chemical weapons on Palestinians, demand watchdog probe use

CHILDREN HOLD flags next to a sculpture of Druze warrior Sultan Pasha al-Atrash after Syrian rebels announced the ousting of president Bashar Assad, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, earlier this month.

OPCW estimates over 100 chemical weapons sites still active in Syria


Global watchdog convenes emergency session on Syria’s chemical weapons

The OPCW has previously documented multiple instances of the Syrian Armed Forces deploying chlorine gas during the country’s civil war, findings consistently denied by the Assad regime.

 Damage around Qamishli International Airport area, in Syria, December 10, 2024

US sees Assad's fall as chance to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal 'once and for all'

The OPCW is a treaty-based organization in the Netherlands tasked with implementing the 1997 chemical nonproliferation treaty.

 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

Germany should investigate chemical weapons-related sales to Syria

Brenntag, the world’s largest distributor of chemicals, was found to have sold potential dual-use products that could help Damascus develop chemical weapons to a Syrian company with links to Assad.


Senior Syrian scientist killed in car bomb

Dr. Aziz Asbar was one of the directors of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center, responsible for long-range rockets and chemical weapons programs

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

Chlorine likely used in February attack in Idlib, Syria

Several people were treated at local medical facilities for breathing difficulties after the attack on February 4.

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

Int'l inspection vehicles arrive at Syria chemical weapons attack site

The US State Department said that Russia and Syria are attempting to "sanitize" the site where the chemical weapons attack is said to have taken place.

A man pushes a cart past damaged buildings at the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Assad steps up efforts to crush last besieged enclaves

Despite Western airstrikes, the Syrian government continued its advance, with Russian and Iranian aid.

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Joint List slams Erdan for 'incitement' against Odeh

Yusuf Jabreen: US Syria strike is part of an “American attempt to dictate its plans in the region, including Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem.”

Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Russia may have tampered with chemical attack site, U.S. envoy says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that Moscow had interfered with any evidence.

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

Military source: Israel conducted April 9 strike on Syrian airbase

Israel, which has often struck Syrian army locations during its neighbor's seven-year civil war, has neither confirmed nor denied mounting the raid.

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of the graduation ceremony of air force pilots at Hatzerim air base in southern Israel