Chemical weapons

'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.

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
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Israel concerned Iran covets chemical, biological weapons

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

Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 8, 2025.

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Israeli ammonia tank threatened by Hezbollah ordered emptied by July 31

The 12,000-ton-capacity processing and storage facility, operated by Haifa Chemicals in the city's industrial zone, has been the subject of ongoing disputes and legal battles for years.

Haifa Chemicals' ammonia tank, Israel's largest ammonia tank, is seen in the Haifa bay area

Assad behind April 4 chemical attack, French intelligence confirms

Among the elements found in the samples were hexamine, a hallmark of sarin produced by the Syrian government.

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.

Russia complains to US over exclusion from Syria chemical probe

Trump said last week that relations with Moscow "may be at an all-time low."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, April 12, 2017.

Gen. Allen: Syria gassing Israel would be ‘virtually a regime suicide’

“President Obama didn’t have to react to this particular case. Obama had a very different environment in 2013.”

Syrian opposition group carries out chemical weapons drill (illustrative)

Japan says North Korea may have missiles equipped with sarin gas

Tensions on the Korean peninsula are high as Pyongyang continues nuclear and missile testing programs.

North Korea supreme leader Kim Jong-un

Putin after Syria strike: US-Russia ties worse since Trump took office

Russian president floats views on recent Syrian gas attack, including that the incident was a set up designed to discredit the Assad regime.

Donald Trump (L) and Vladimir Putin (R)

Analysis: Trump's strikes on Syria and the muddled strategy behind them

While US President Donald Trump has made a bold decision in ordering the airstrike on Syria following the chemical attack, what policy, if any, stands behind the move?

US President Donald Trump delivers an statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, April 6, 2017.

Trump: On the Road to Damascus?

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli officials claim Assad ordered attack, warn of Syria's chemical weapons plants

Following Tuesday's deadly chemical attack at Syria's Idlib province, Israeli officials strongly believe the Syrian regime has begun to rebuild Sarin manufacturing plants.

A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017

Ex-military intel chief: Israel should destroy planes that dropped Chemical bombs

Bennett calls on Netanyahu to convene a special meeting of the security cabinet to discuss the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

PM Netanyahu