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.
Chemical weapons disposal [file]

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


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

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

Holocaust education: The last chance for humanity

As the number of victims of and witnesses to this systematic, state-sponsored genocide dwindle, preserving the memory of the Holocaust and transferring its lessons to future generations.

A BOMBED-OUT neighborhood of Homs, Syria, earlier this year

'Post' uncovers Israeli medical treatment of Syrian gas attack victims

Rebels and two sources confirm casualties of a chlorine attack near the Hermon in Syria sought treatment in Israel.

Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Moscow rejects Israeli request for buffer zone in Syria

A senior Israeli official said that Israel never asked for the buffer zone.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, March 9, 2017

UN: Syrian gov't forces used chemical weapons more than two dozen times

In their 14th report since 2011, UN investigators said they had in all documented 33 chemical weapons attacks to date.

A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.

America’s missed opportunity in Syria

Israel has long warned about the strong footprint left by the Iranians in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

US says it appears Syria planning another chemical weapons attack

The White House warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he and his military would "pay heavy price" if it conducts an attack.

Assad and Trump

Le nouvel axe du mal

La vision d’une « Grande Syrie » qui guidait Assad père, apparaît nettement moins dangereuse que celle d’une Syrie plus modeste au service des intérêts impérialistes de l’Iran

Nikki Haley montrant à l’ONU des photos  des victimes des armes chimiques d’Assad

Iranian-backed militias reach Iraq-Syria border

In lightning offensive, Iraqi forces carve out strategic corridor from Baghdad to Syria.

Shi'ite fighters from Mahdi Army launch rockets during heavy fighting against Islamic state members at Bo Hassan village, near Tikrit in northern Iraq.