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


Trump said to be planning military strike against Assad

Trump: "These heinous acts by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated."

Gas cloud in the city of Hama, Syria 4/6/2017

Syria proves that ‘Never Again’ has not been learned

People die in wars, but even in wars there are laws, rules of engagement, and things that are not done.

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

Middle Israel: Assad’s political alchemy

Chemical warfare repeatedly failed those in the past who unleashed it, and Syria will ultimately be no different.

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

JPost Editorial: Syrian imperative

The mullahs of Tehran are undoubtedly watching closely to see how the latest Syrian trampling of international conventions will play out.

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

Russia says Syria gas incident caused by rebels' own chemical arsenal

The United States has blamed the administration of Syrian President Bashar Assad for the attack.

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

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 civilians.

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.

Cease-fire largely holds in Syria

Under the last five years of Assad's presidency, since an uprising first took root in Daraa in March of 2011, between 250,000 and 370,000 have been killed.

A militiaman of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Tel Tawil village, northeast Syria, fires an anti-aircraft weapon in the direction of Islamic State fighters

Ya'alon in Washington: Israel 'very worried' about Iranian presence in Syria

"Attempts to transfer chemical or advanced weapons to Hezbollah will not be tolerated," says Defense Minister.

Former defense minister Moshe Yaalon

Israel et les armes chimiques

Jérusalem estime ne pas être en mesure de ratifier la Convention sur les armes chimiques, tant que la région n’est pas exempte d’armes de destruction massive

Démantèlement d'armes chimiques

'Assad regime lied about disposing of chemical weapons in Syria'

"This is a pretty strong indication they have been lying about what they did with sarin," one diplomatic source said.

A girl, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, receives treatment inside a makeshift hospital in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama