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Syria caught Assad-era officer specialising in chemical weapons

The interior ministry said security forces had arrested Colonel Ahmed Habib Ali, calling him "a chemical weapons expert".

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 July, 2026
"Following the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian authorities committed to fulfilling Syria's obligations under the Convention and have since taken concrete steps," the OPCW said. [Getty]
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Syria regains voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog OPCW

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 July, 2026
A view of the facility, which was once used by the ousted Baath regime to store chemical weapons, located on a high hill and there are high piles of soil around it in Damascus
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Remnants of Assad's chemical weapons program recovered

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 May, 2026
Khan Shaykhun was one of the many areas targeted by Assad with chemical weapons
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Over 100 of Assad's chemical weapons sites remain in Syria: OPCW

The New Arab Staff
06 April, 2025
A view of the vast network of underground tunnels dug by civilians and opposition forces in Douma town of Ghouta region to escape the ousted Bashar Assad regime's worst chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, Syria on December 25, 2024. The Bashar al-Assad's regime signed the International Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the face of intense pressure from the international community and threats of military intervention by the United States following the use of chemical weapons
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Chemical weapons inspectors granted access to Assad-era sites

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2025
OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias makes a speech during the annual conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague
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Head of UN's OPCW meets Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 February, 2025
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Assad regime 'rejects' OPCW vote curbing chemical exports

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2023
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OPCW votes to curb chemical exports to Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2023
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UN rejects Syria regime chemical attack claims

The New Arab Staff
06 July, 2023
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OPCW says Syria regime to blame for 2018 chlorine attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2023
"Following the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian authorities committed to fulfilling Syria's obligations under the Convention and have since taken concrete steps," the OPCW said. [Getty]
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UN chemical weapons body slam Syria for lack of cooperation

The New Arab Staff
01 October, 2022
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Kurdish activists enter HQ of chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2021
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UN disarmament chief discovers new Syrian chemical warfare agent

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2021
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Syria
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Syria stripped of rights at chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2021
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Russia and West spar over Syria chemical weapons vote

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2021
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Syria chemical weapons disarmament report 'incomplete': UN official

The New Arab Staff
06 January, 2021
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Syria, Russia under pressure at chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 November, 2020
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WikiLeaks
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OPCW 'whistleblower' may have suppressed Syria chemical attack evidence

The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2020
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Syria condemned at chemical weapons watchdog over sarin attacks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 July, 2020
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Top Syrian generals 'watched chemical attack' on Idlib village

The New Arab
16 April, 2020
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Syria Weekly: Assad regime finally acknowledged as chemical culprit

12 April, 2020